Koryakia (Russia)

Kora^kia^

Last modified: 2000-01-14 by antonio martins
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[See also a slightly different image of this flag, by James Dignan and Stuart Notholt, 02 Jul 1997]

• Presentation of Koryakia
• Description of the flag

• Koryakia in Soviet Union, 1930-1992
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(Note: You need an appropriate font to correctely view the cyrillic text on this page. See here transliteration details).

Name
    (english): Koryakia
    (russian, short form): Корякия | Kora^kia^
    (russian, long form): Корякский автономный округ | Kora^kskii~ avtonomnyi~ okrug
Local official language: Koryak
Capital: Палана | Palana
Area: 301 500 km² (116 400 sq.mi.)
Population: 39 000 inhabitants in 1992
Status: Autonomous District (автономный округ | avtonomnyi~ okrug) within Kamchatka Region
Economic region: Far East
License plate code: 82
Ham radio code: KJ
ISO 3166-2 code: KOR
Flag adopted in unkn. date
Coat of arms adopted in unkn. date

This Area was established in 1930. Fishing is the mainstay of the economy.
Stuart Notholt, 26 Sep 1995

The Koryak have been reported as flying a white flag with a green stripe at the bottom. On the white stripe is a golden sun; oddly enough this is visually identical with the sun device on the flag of Namibia.
Stuart Notholt, 26 Sep 1995