Flag Of Georgia (country)
The official Flag of Georgia (Georgian: საქართველოს სახელმწიფო დროშა, sakartvelos sakhelmtsipo drosha) is the "Five-cross Flag", restored to official use on January 14, 2004, after a break of some 500 years. It was previously the flag of the medieval Georgian kingdom and had been used as the official symbol of the United National Movement political party.
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