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Nepal is the only nation whose flag isn't a quadrilateral — and its exact shape isn't a designer's choice, it's a formula written into the…
By Laxman Rawal · Aug 21, 2026
Pick any of the world's other flags and you're looking at a rectangle. Stripes, crosses, cantons, stars — the shape underneath is always the same four-sided frame. Nepal is the single exception. Its flag is two stacked triangular pennants, crimson with a blue…
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What sets Nepal's flag apart from almost every other national symbol is that its geometry is legally exact, not approximate. The constitution specifies the construction the way a geometry textbook would: the flag's overall height is fixed at exactly 4/3 of…
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What this means for you You'll see this flag everywhere the moment you land — strung across Kathmandu's Durbar Square, painted on trekking lodges, clipped to a guide's backpack at Everest Base Camp. It's one of the few national symbols you can actually…
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