The flag of Wales (Welsh: Baner Cymru) consists of a red dragon on a green and white field. The dragon represents Wales, and the oldest known use of the dragon to represent Wales is in the Historia Brittonum, written in the 830s. The height-to-width ratio in the flag is 3:5, and the current version of the flag was adopted in 1959. Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain. Its capital is Cardiff; its population is about 3.136 million (2019); and its area is 20,735 km².
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