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Cairo (Governorate, Egypt)

al-Qahirah

Last modified: 2008-03-29 by ian macdonald
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[Cairo governorate] image by Jaume Ollé

Source: Official website of the Egyptian government and personal archive.

[cairo governorate, variant] image by Jaume Ollé

Source: Vexilologie [vex] #35 & 38

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Description of the flag

White over light blue bicolor, with a central white disk, bordered dark blue, bearing a red silhouette of minarets and text below. A variant shows a castle gate instead of minarets.

Report of another flag

[cairo governorate, variant] image by Jaume Ollé, 23 February 2007

[cairo governorate, variant] image by Jaume Ollé, 23 February 2007

I took photos of the current flag, that is well know by the guides and drivers, many of whom remember the white-blue flag (remember that was published in Vexilologie-Czech and others vex bulletins). I attach the flag of Cairo in two version attested by photos.
Jaume Ollé, 23 February 2007