Northern Province (Sri Lanka)

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Description of the Flag

Two separate flags for the Northern and Eastern provinces were unveiled last week in Trincomalee. Rear Admiral Mohan Wijewickrema, Governor of the Eastern Province and acting Governor of the Northern Province, handed over the Northern Province flag to the council’s Chief Secretary S. Rangarajah, and the Eastern Province flag to its Chief Secretary Herat Abeyeweera at a ceremony on Tuesday at the Governor's Secretariat. The new flag for the north has the symbol sun in the middle of the flag.
Source: Sunday Times
Darme W., 27 May 2007

The website at http://www.np.gov.lk/pdf/Flag.pdf shows this flag as the old Northeast Province flag with a blue border. It states:
- blue border indicates ocean resource
- green indicates the greenery and agriculture in the Province
- red indicates labour and industriousness
- white indicates fraternity, peace and co-existence
- radiating sun indicates synergy of power and natural energy source.
Size of the flag - 126 x 72 cm

Valentin Poposki, 1 January 2009