Flags / South-Eastern Europe and the Mediterranean

Flag of North Macedonia

Educational illustration shown at 4:3. The reference proportion is 1:2.

How to recognise it

A red field with a yellow sun whose eight rays widen out to the edges.

Name in the quiz: North Macedonia
UN member state name: North Macedonia
ISO 3166-1 code: MK
Atlas Play pack: South-Eastern Europe and the Mediterranean (explorer pack)

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Easily confused with

KyrgyzstanNorth Macedonia: eight rays reaching the edges. Kyrgyzstan: a round sun with many rays, crossed by red lines.

Source and checks

Design reference: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_North_Macedonia (revision 1378847204) (A stylized yellow sun on a red field, with eight broadening rays extending from the centre to the edge of the field; proportion 1:2). Checked 2026-10-21 by Claude (AI build agent): rendered flag-icons artwork compared side by side with the reference article’s lead image and its infobox design description; no human editorial review yet. Artwork: flag-icons 7.6.0 (package/flags/4x3/mk.svg), MIT licence, licence text; sanitised copy sha256 4390f3b29778…. Spotted a mistake? Tell us.