The Lazio flag (Italian: Bandiera del Lazio) is a sky-blue flag with a coat of arms of Lazio, surrounded by laurel and olive branches, and surmounted by a golden crown. The coat of arms is an octagon divided into nine parts with gold lines. Four of them show the colors of the Italian flag, and the other five, which make up a cross shape, show the coats of arms of five provinces in the region. The height-to-width ratio in the flag is 2:3, and the flag was adopted on January 8, 1986. Lazio is one of the 20 administrative regions of Italy. Its capital is Rome; its population is approximately 5.879 million (2019); and its area is 17,232 km².
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