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Page created: 14th August 2000 Last updated: 17th May 2016
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Una - Sana Canton

Unsko-sanski kanton, Unsko-sanska županija, Унско-сански кантон

• Una – Sana Canton
  • Una – Sana Canton, 1997 – 1999

• Una - Sana Canton - Communities

• Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Bosnia and Herzegovina
• on flags used by Western Bosnia during the war

Una – Sana Canton

Unsko-sanski kanton, Unsko-sanska županija, Унско-сански кантон

Capital: Bihać

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In December 1999 the Canton made a concourse for a new flag and coat of arms. Out of 28 proposals that arrived there were three that were chosen into further consideration and for public debate. They were published also on the Net, at http://www.uskanton.org. In May 2000 the variant that is effectively the "neutralisation" of the previous symbols was adopted.
In the blue shield there is a white embattled wall with entrance and windows, above it three golden eight-pointed stars, representing the three nations and eight communities, and below are two green "twisted ribbons", representing the rivers Una and Sana. The shield is bordered with white within a golden border.
The flag is tricolour of the colours from the coat of arms, blue-white-green. The coat of arms is offset towards the hoist.

Una – Sana Canton, 1997 – 1999

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The coat of arms adopted in 1997 contained eight stars for the eight communities that make up the Canton, and three larger stars for the three constitutional nations. That the Canton is predominantly Bosniak populated is seen by the book (Koran) and oriental scimitar. In the middle there is a defensive battlement and two blue "trenches" - symbolical for the two rivers after which the Canton is named. The colours in the flag are based on the colours of the coat of arms, and the design is influenced by the flags used by Bosniaks during the recent war. The width of stripes is 1:3:12:3:1. The height of the coat of arms is half the flag hoist, and it is set in the centre of the flag.
By the decision of the High Commissioner regarding the display and use of the common, neutral and inoffensive symbols, the legal and other acts not complying to it are invalidated. The implementation instructions of this decision consider the symbols of this Canton among such, so the flag is both legally and practically abandoned in 1999.
Note: in some vexillological sources there is a flag reported without the "outer" white stripes, based on previous partial data. It is an error - such flag was never used.

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