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English: Flag of West Virginia

Latina: Vexillum Virginia Occidentalis

ᏣᎳᎩ: ᏫᏍᎧᏂᏏᏂ ᎦᏓᏘ

Español: Bandera de Virginia Occidental

Français : Drapeau de la Virginie-Occidentale

Français cadien : Flag de la Virginie-Occidentale

Hawaiʻi: Wilikinia Komohana

Diné bizaad: Eʼeʼaahjí Bijiniyah Hahoodzo bidah naatʼaʼí

Deitsch: Faahne vun Wescht Wirschini

Русский: Флаг Западной Виргинии

Date

15 April 2008

Source

Militaryace & Denelson83, some elements used are from the xrmap flag collection 2.7.

Author

Militaryace, Denelson83

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	15:39, 8 December 2023	760 × 400 (568 KB)	Fry1989	Reverted to version as of 20:18, 20 July 2023 (UTC)
	14:33, 8 December 2023	760 × 400 (176 KB)	Skunkcrew	Should match the file of the seal and the coat of arms the flag that is shown along with politicians was made by a 3rd party flag producer and not a design made by the state
	20:18, 20 July 2023	760 × 400 (568 KB)	SVG-image-maker	Cloning identical elements
	17:16, 13 July 2022	760 × 400 (890 KB)	Enzwell	Found some minor errors and fixed them.
	16:12, 13 July 2022	760 × 400 (1.33 MB)	Enzwell	Hopefully a smaller version
	16:09, 13 July 2022	2,565 × 1,350 (1.14 MB)	Enzwell	Revision and refinements per images of flag seen flying behind the governor of wet Virginia during official events such as: https://www.google.com/search?q=west+virginia+governor&client=safari&rls=en&sxsrf=ALiCzsZBx-DwzJM8CgADi_jS816kYs0tcg:1657727533766&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj2g6OmnPb4AhWLJ0QIHYrPAXkQ_AUoA3oECAIQBQ&biw=1752&bih=1035&dpr=2#imgrc=3e87BJsAHSBhyM
	10:12, 5 October 2019	760 × 400 (176 KB)	Tcfc2349	optimized and validated
	14:03, 15 April 2008	760 × 400 (229 KB)	Militaryace	Flag of West Virginia, from the xrmap flag collection 2.7. {{sr\|Застава америчке савезне државе [[:sr:Западна Вирџинија\|Западне
	13:54, 15 April 2008	760 × 400 (229 KB)	Militaryace	Flag of West Virginia, from the xrmap flag collection 2.7. {{sr\|Застава америчке савезне државе [[:sr:Западна Вирџинија\|Западне
	13:37, 15 April 2008	760 × 400 (229 KB)	Militaryace	Flag of West Virginia, some elements from the xrmap flag collection 2.7. {{sr\|Застава америчке савезне државе [[:sr:Западна Вирџинија\|