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There is no flag for Ang Thong displayed in the Thai Ministry of Interior Regions and Provinces documents, only a badge.
Olivier Touzeau, 17 January 2000
image by Olivier Touzeau, 13 October 2012
A previous simplified version of the flag had the seal in black on a purple disk
with the name of the province in black beneath. The upper stripe was the green
one, and the lower one was in lighter yellow than in the newer flag. See for
example the provincial website in march 2004 thanks to the Wayback machine at :
http://web.archive.org/web/20040318113315/http://www.angthong.go.th/data/history.htm.
The Thai Ministry of Interior in 2000 showed no flag for Ang Thong province.
Olivier Touzeau, 17 January 2000
2:3 image by Olivier Touzeau, 13 October 2012
Former flag : national flag with provincial seal in the center.
Description
from
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seals_of_The_Provinces_of_Thailand
The
provincial seal shows a bowl with water and rice ears, a symbol of Mae Po Sop,
the rice goddess. Ang Thong Province is one of the main rice-producing areas of
Thailand.
Olivier Touzeau, 13 October 2012