Flag of Bago Region

{{Short description|Flag of region of Myanmar}} {{Infobox flag | Name = Bago Region | Image = Flag of Bago Region.png | Symbol = {{FIAV|normal}} | Proportion = 2:3 | Adoption = {{circa|2018}} | Design = A blue flag with two yellow hamsas (one sitting on the other's back) on a white circle with green border charged in the centre and the white text "Bago Region" written in Burmese above it

| Image2 = Flag of Bago Division.svg | Use2 = Former flag | Symbol2 = {{FIAV|historical}} | Proportion2 = 2:3 | Adoption2 = 1974 | Relinquished2 = 2010 | Design2 = A blue flag with a yellow hamsa in the centre and the yellow text "Bago Division" written in Burmese underneath it

| Image3 = File:Former flag of Bago Region.png | Use3 = Former flag | Symbol3 = {{FIAV|historical}} | Proportion3 = 2:3 | Adoption3 = 2010 | Relinquished3 = {{circa|2019}} | Design3 = A blue flag with a yellow hamsa in the centre and the yellow text "Bago Region" written in Burmese underneath it

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The '''flag of Bago Region''' depicts two golden hamsas, female one sitting on the male's back, on a white circle bordered by green charged at the centre of blue background. The name "Bago Region" ({{lang|my|ပဲခူးတိုင်းဒေသကြီး}}) is written in Burmese above the birds.

A variant of the flag is presented to winning sports teams representing the region.<ref>{{cite news |title=ပဲခူးတိုင်းဒေသကြီးကိုယ်စားပြု လှေလှော်ကစားသမားများအား အောင်နိုင်ရေးအလံပေးအပ် |trans-title=Boating athletes representating Bago Region presented with flag after victory |date=27 January 2022 |work=Myanmar Digitial Newspaper |url=https://www.myanmardigitalnewspaper.com/my/paikhuuttiungdeskiikiuycaapu-leleaakcaasmaamaaaaa-aeaangniungrealnpeap |language=my}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=ပဲခူးတိုင်းဒေသကြီးကိုယ်စားပြု ဘော်လီဘောအသင်းအား အောင်နိုင်ရေးအလံပေးအပ်ပွဲ ကျင်းပပြုလုပ် |trans-title=Victory flag presentation ceremony conducted to Bago region representative volleyball team |url=https://www.moi.gov.mm/iprd/news/175460 |publisher=Ministry of Information |date=21 October 2023 |author=Thet Phyo Kyaing |language=my}}</ref> == Symbolism == According to local legend, the city of Bago was established on the location where a male hamsa landed on a single rock above the floodwaters and let the female stand on his back, during a massive flood, hence the adoption of that couple on the flag and seal of Bago.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Kuipers |first1=Ludo |title=Bago Region {{!}} Flag {{!}} Myanmar {{!}} OzOutback |url=https://ozoutback.com.au/Myanmar/flags/slides/14_Bago_Region.html |website=ozoutback.com.au |accessdate=9 July 2018}}</ref>

== Former flag == The former flag of Bago Region, adopted in 1974, depicts a hamsa on a blue background. "Bago Division" ({{lang|my|ပဲခူးတိုင်း}}), the former name of Bago Region, is written in Burmese underneath the bird. After renaming of Myanmar administrative divisions in 2010, the name on the flag also changed accordingly — the word "big region" ({{lang|my|ဒေသကြီး}}) was added to become "Bago Region" ({{lang|my|ပဲခူးတိုင်းဒေသကြီး}}). Around 2018, a new design, which replaces the single golden hamsa with two golden hamsas on a green-bordered white circle, started to appear in sport tournaments.

The former flag of Mon State is similar to the pre-2018 flag of Bago Region, but its hamsa and text have different proportions and designs.

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