Flag of Central Province, Sri Lanka
# Flag of Central Province, Sri Lanka

The flag of Central Province, was adopted for the Central Province of Sri Lanka on 14 November 1987.

## Symbolism

The Central Province flag, like many of the other provincial flags depicts the image of a yellow lion in the center. It is on a red square background and again bordered by a yellow border. The red square background is on a white flag yet again bordered by a dotted yellow pattern and red and brown stripes. To the left of the lion are the images of the Sun and the Moon, with a face on the Sun and a rabbit on the moon. The flag has the Central Province written on it three times, in Sinhala, at the top and Tamil and English on the bottom.

