File:Flag of Rwanda (construction sheet).svg
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DescriptionFlag of Rwanda (construction sheet).svg |
English: Flag of Rwanda — construction sheet |
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Own work. Basic geometry is from the description of the large 130cm × 195cm flag, and the specification drawing found in Rwanda Law N° 34/2008.
The legal text goes on to list dimensions for three other sizes: 30cm × 20cm, 225cm ×150cm, & 210mm × 140mm. Due to intentional rounding, the dimensions pertaining to the sun are not perfectly scaled between the different sizes. The legal text does not provide any dimensions for the blue ring. If the blue ring truly separates the sun from its rays (as explictly stated in the text), then one could assume that the yellow circle inside the ring is to be treated for legal purposes as "the sun"; the diameter of the sun is given as 13cm which implies the inner diameter of the blue ring could be 13cm. Alternatively one may assume that the diameter of the "sun" is equivalent to the diameter of an imaginary circle running through the sun's inner vertices. A black and white flag specification drawing can be found in an annex for Law N° 34/2008; it is on page 42 of the document referenced above. Fractional dimensions are given on the page 43. There drawing is poor quality:
Observations:
For the purposes of this Wikimedia construction sheet:
The government maintains representations of the flag in EPS and JPG formats at www.gov.rw/documents/national-symbols. The website says "The characteristics, description, ceremonial and respect of the National Symbols are determined by the law." However, the EPS and JPG drawings are drastically different than anything documented in Law LAW N° 34/2008. The discrepancies include:
Most photographs of flags used by the government have a gap between the blue ring and the inner vertices of the sun. Olympic flag manuals published by the IOC between 2012 and 2020 show a similar gap. If the government wishes to endorse a flag that differs from the one defined in the law, then it should rewrite the law. |
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This work is now in the public domain in Rwanda because its copyright protection has expired or it is exempted from copyright by virtue of the Law No. 31/2009 of 26/10/2009 on the Protection of Intellectual Property (details). The work meets one of the following criteria:
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This work is ineligible for copyright and therefore in the public domain because it consists entirely of information that is common property and contains no original authorship. |
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Short title | Flag of Rwanda — construction sheet |
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Width | 1079 |
Height | 749 |