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  The site is being moved from the old location to here. Only 21.800 (out of over 50.000) pages have been transferred so far ! <br/> You will be automatically redirected between the old and new site to where the file is located !
Heraldry of the World is a private website which is devoted '''only''' to civic heraldry, i.e. coats of arms of cities, states, municipalities, countries etc. It also includes an attempt to make a complete catalogue of heraldic (paper based) collector's items, again with the main focus on civic heraldry.


Heraldry of the World is a private website which is devoted mainly to civic heraldry, i.e. coats of arms of cities, states, municipalities, countries etc. It also includes an attempt to make a complete catalogue of heraldic (paper based) collector's items, again with the main focus on civic heraldry.  
Please don't ask me about family crests, to learn about coats of arms for surnames, please visit [http://coadb.com coadb.com]. They will help you.
The site was created on January 2009 by amalgamation of my two sites; International Civic Arms (since 1996) and Heraldryshop.biz (since 2004).  


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The wiki contains at present '''[[Special:Statistics|{{NUMBEROFARTICLES}}]]''' pages and '''[[Special:Statistics|{{NUMBEROFFILES}}]]''' [[:Category:Thumbnails|images]].


The site International Civic Arms was created in 1996 as Nederlandse Gemeentewapens (Dutch civic arms, hence the domain name www.ngw.nl) and went global in 1999. Ever since it has been the largest collection of civic coats of arms ever published. With the exception of a break during 2006-7, it has been growing steadily every month. See [[Heraldrywiki:About|here]] for more history.  
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From Summer 2010 the old site is gradually changed into a wiki-like environment, this is an ongoing process.
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Although as much information on the arms as possible will be included, like pictures, meaning and history, often there is just a picture, not a description of the arms, nor a history. Any additional information thus is welcome ! All information is taken from public sources (books, internet) and the sources are always mentioned and credited. Most pictures are scans from books, with the exception of the Dutch civic arms, where all the pictures are made by myself.
 
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Arms of countries, areas or provinces that do not exist anymore, are placed under the country in which the area is situated at this moment. For example, cities, which were granted arms during the Russian Empire, are now under the individual countries. Similarly, towns in the former German provinces of Prussia and Posen are placed under Poland, the South African Colonies and Homelands are under South Africa and Dutch East Indies are under Indonesia.
 
Present and former colonies and (semi-independent) overseas territories that do not form a single present country are listed under the parent country, except for the Austro-Hungarian Empire, which is listed separately.
 
==Countries==
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*[[Afghanistan]]
*[[Albania]]
*[[Algeria]]
*[http://www.ngw.nl/int/oveur/andorra.htm Andorra]
*[http://www.ngw.nl/int/afr/ang/angola.htm Angola]
*[[Antigua and Barbuda]]
*[[Argentina]]
*[[Armenia]]
*[[Aruba]]
*[http://www.ngw.nl/int/aus/aus.htm Australia]
**[[Christmas Island]]
**[[Cocos (Keeling) Islands]]
**[[Norfolk Island]]
*[[Austria]]
*[[Austro-Hungarian Empire]]
*[http://www.ngw.nl/int/oveur/azerbaid.htm Azerbaidjan]
*[[Bahamas]]
*[[Bahrain]]
*[[Bangladesh]]
*[[Barbados]]
*[[Belarus]]
*[http://www.ngw.nl/int/bel/belgie.htm Belgium]
**[[Ruanda-Urundi]]
*[[Belize]]
*[http://www.ngw.nl/int/afr/benin.htm Benin]
*[[Bhutan]]
*[http://www.ngw.nl/int/bol/bolivia.htm Bolivia]
*[http://www.ngw.nl/int/bos/bosnia.htm Bosnia-Herzegovina]
*[[Botswana]]
*[[Brazil]]
*[[Brunei]]
*[http://www.ngw.nl/int/bul/bulgaria.htm Bulgaria]
*[http://www.ngw.nl/int/afr/burkina.htm Burkina Faso]
*[http://www.ngw.nl/int/afr/burundi.htm Burundi]
*[http://www.ngw.nl/int/asia/cambodia.htm Cambodia]
*[[Cameroon]]
*[http://www.ngw.nl/int/can/canada.htm Canada]
*[[Cape Verde]]
*[[Central African Republic]]
*[[Chad]]
*[http://www.ngw.nl/int/chi/chile.htm Chile]
*[[China]]
**[[Hong Kong]]
**[[Macau]]
*[http://www.ngw.nl/int/col/colombia.htm Colombia]
*[[Comoros]]
*[[Congo (Brazzaville)]]
*[http://www.ngw.nl/int/afr/zaire.htm Congo (former Zaire)]
*[[Cook Islands]]
*[http://www.ngw.nl/int/cam/costaric.htm Costa Rica]
*[http://www.ngw.nl/int/cro/croatia.htm Croatia]
*[http://www.ngw.nl/int/car/cuba.htm Cuba]
*[[Curaçao]]
*[[Cyprus]]
*[http://www.ngw.nl/int/cze/czech.htm Czech Republic]
*[[Denmark]]
**[[Føroyar]]
**[[Greenland]]
*[[Djibouti]]
*[http://www.ngw.nl/int/car/dominica.htm Dominica] 
*[[Dominican Republic]]
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*[http://www.ngw.nl/int/asia/easttimor.htm East Timor]
*[http://www.ngw.nl/int/ecu/ecuador.htm Ecuador]
*[[Egypt]]
*[[El Salvador]]
*[[Equatorial Guinea]]
*[[Eritrea]]
*[http://www.ngw.nl/int/est/estonia.htm Estonia]
*[[Ethiopia]]
*[[Fiji]]
*[http://www.ngw.nl/int/fin/finland.htm Finland]
*[[France]]
**[[French Antarctic Territory]]
**[[French Guyana]]
**[[French Polynesia]]
**[[Guadeloupe]]
**[[Martinique]]
**[[Mayotte]]
**[[New Caledonia]]
**[[Réunion]]
**[[Saint Pierre et Miquelon]]
**[[Wallis et Futuna]]
*[http://www.ngw.nl/int/afr/gabon.htm Gabon]
*[[Gambia]]
*[[Georgia]]
*[[Germany]]
*[[Ghana]]
*[[Greece]]
*[[Grenada]]
*[[Guatemala]]
*[http://www.ngw.nl/int/afr/guibis.htm Guinea Bissau]       
*[http://www.ngw.nl/int/afr/guinee.htm Guinee]
*[[Guyana]]
*[http://www.ngw.nl/int/car/haiti.htm Haiti]
*[[Honduras]]
*[http://www.ngw.nl/int/hon/hungary.htm Hungary]
*[[Iceland]]
*[http://www.ngw.nl/int/asia/india/india.htm India]
*[[Indonesia]]
*[http://www.ngw.nl/int/asia/iran.htm Iran]
*[http://www.ngw.nl/int/asia/iraq.htm Iraq]
*[http://www.ngw.nl/int/ier/ireland.htm Ireland]
*[http://www.ngw.nl/int/isr/israel.htm Israel]
*[[Italy]]
**[[Italian East Africa]]
*[http://www.ngw.nl/int/afr/ivory.htm Ivory Coast] 
*[http://www.ngw.nl/int/car/jamaica.htm Jamaica]
*[[Japan]]
*[http://www.ngw.nl/int/asia/jordan.htm Jordan]
*[http://www.ngw.nl/int/asia/kazach.htm Kazakhstan]
*[http://www.ngw.nl/int/afr/kenya.htm Kenya]
*[[Kiribati]]
*[http://www.ngw.nl/int/asia/kuwait.htm Kuwait]
*[http://www.ngw.nl/int/asia/kyrgyzstan.htm Kyrgyzstan]
*[[Laos]]
*[http://www.ngw.nl/int/lat/latvia.htm Latvia]
*[http://www.ngw.nl/int/asia/lebanon.htm Lebanon]
*[[Lesotho]]
*[[Liberia]]
*[[Libya]]
*[[Liechtenstein]]
*[http://www.ngw.nl/int/lit/lithuan.htm Lithuania]
*[[Luxembourg]]
*[http://www.ngw.nl/int/oveur/mac/mac.htm Macedonia]
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*[http://www.ngw.nl/int/afr/mad/mad.htm Madagascar]
*[[Malawi]]
*[[Malaysia]]
*[[Maldives]]
*[[Mali]]
*[http://www.ngw.nl/int/mal/malta.htm Malta]
*[[Marshall islands]]
*[[Mauritania]]
*[[Mauritius]]
*[http://www.ngw.nl/int/mex/mexico.htm Mexico]
*[[Micronesia]]
*[http://www.ngw.nl/int/oveur/md/moldova.htm Moldova]
*[[Monaco]]
*[http://www.ngw.nl/int/asia/mongolia.htm Mongolia]
*[http://www.ngw.nl/int/yug/montenegro.htm Montenegro]
*[[Morocco]]   
*[http://www.ngw.nl/int/afr/moz/mozambiq.htm Mozambique]
*[[Myanmar]]
*[http://www.ngw.nl/int/afr/namibia.htm Namibia] 
*[[Nauru]]
*[http://www.ngw.nl/int/asia/nepal.htm Nepal]
*[[Netherlands]]
**[[Netherlands Antilles]]
*[[New Zealand]]
**[[Tokelau]]
*[http://www.ngw.nl/int/cam/nicaragu.htm Nicaragua]
*[[Niger]]   
*[http://www.ngw.nl/int/afr/nigeria.htm Nigeria]   
*[[Niue]]
*[[North Korea]]
*[http://www.ngw.nl/int/nor/norway.htm Norway]
*[http://www.ngw.nl/int/asia/pakistan.htm Pakistan]
*[[Palau]]
*[[Panama]]
*[[Papua New Guinea]]
*[[Paraguay]]   
*[http://www.ngw.nl/int/peru/peru.htm Peru]
*[http://www.ngw.nl/int/asia/ph/ph.htm Philippines]
*[http://www.ngw.nl/int/pol/poland.htm Poland]
*[[Portugal]]
**[[Portuguese India]]
*[[Qatar]]
*[http://www.ngw.nl/int/rom/romania.htm Romania]
*[http://www.ngw.nl/int/rus/russia.htm Russia]
*[http://www.ngw.nl/int/afr/rwanda.htm Rwanda] 
*[[Samoa]]
*[[San Marino]]
*[[São Tomé e Príncipe]]
*[http://www.ngw.nl/int/asia/saudiarabia.htm Saudi Arabia]
*[[Senegal]]
*[[Serbia]]
*[http://www.ngw.nl/int/afr/seychell.htm Seychelles]
*[http://www.ngw.nl/int/afr/sierrale.htm Sierra Leone]
*[[Singapore]]
*[[Slovakia]]
*[http://www.ngw.nl/int/slv/slovenia.htm Slovenia]
*[[Solomon Islands]]
*[http://www.ngw.nl/int/afr/somalia.htm Somalia]
*[[South Africa]]
*[[South Korea]]
*[[South Sudan]]
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*[http://www.ngw.nl/int/spa/spain.htm Spain]
**[[Spanish West Africa]]
*[http://www.ngw.nl/int/asia/sri/srilanka.htm Sri Lanka]
*[[Saint Kitts and Nevis|St. Kitts and Nevis]]
*[[Saint Lucia|St. Lucia]]
*[[Sint Maarten]]
*[[Saint Vincent and the Grenadines|St. Vincent]]
*[[Sudan]]
*[[Suriname]]
*[[Swaziland]]
*[http://www.ngw.nl/int/zwe/sweden.htm Sweden]
*[http://www.ngw.nl/int/zwi/switser.htm Switzerland]
*[http://www.ngw.nl/int/asia/syria.htm Syria]
*[[Taiwan]]
*[http://www.ngw.nl/int/asia/tajikistan.htm Tajikistan]
*[http://www.ngw.nl/int/afr/tanzania.htm Tanzania]
*[http://www.ngw.nl/int/asia/thailand.htm Thailand]
*[[Togo]]
*[[Tonga]]
*[[Trinidad and Tobago]]
*[[Tunisia]]
*[http://www.ngw.nl/int/asia/turkey.htm Turkey]
*[http://www.ngw.nl/int/asia/turkmen.htm Turkmenistan]
*[[Tuvalu]]
*[http://www.ngw.nl/int/afr/uganda.htm Uganda]
*[http://www.ngw.nl/int/ukr/ukraine.htm Ukraine]
*[[United Arab Emirates]]
*[[United Kingdom]]
**[[Anguilla]]
**[[Ascension Island]]
**[[Bermuda]]
**[[British Antarctic Territory]]
**[[British Indian Ocean Territory]]
**[[British Virgin Islands]]
**[[Cayman Islands]]
**[[Falkland Islands]]
**[[Falkland Islands Dependencies]]
**[[Gibraltar]]
**[[Leeward Islands]]
**[[Montserrat]]
**[[Pitcairn Island]]
**[[Saint Helena]]
**[[South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands]]
**[[Straits Settlements]]
**[[Tristan da Cunha]]
**[[Turks and Caicos Islands]]
**[[West Indies Federation]]
*[[United States]]
**[[American Samoa]]
**[[Puerto Rico]]
**[[Guam]]
**[[US Virgin Islands]]
*[http://www.ngw.nl/int/uru/uruguay.htm Uruguay]
*[http://www.ngw.nl/int/asia/uzbek.htm Uzbekistan]
*[[Vanuatu]]
*[http://www.ngw.nl/int/oveur/vaticanc.htm Vatican City]
*[[Vietnam]]
*[[Yemen]]
*[http://www.ngw.nl/int/afr/zam/zambia.htm Zambia]
*[http://www.ngw.nl/int/afr/zim/zimbabwe.htm Zimbabwe]
|}
 
For arms of non-existing or phantasy states see [[:Category:Micro-Nations|Micro-Nations]]
 
===Donations===
 
The site is a private site, which is maintained by one person only since 1996. It is my hobby, which takes much time and money (books, hosting etc etc), which is OK for me. My only income for the site is the advertisments on the bottom of this page as well a bit from sales on eBay.<br>
 
If you want to donate items or images, click [[Wanted|here]], for financial donations please do so using [http://www.paypal.com PayPal] to <strong>webmaster@ngw.nl</strong> or by normal mail to the contact address mentioned in the [[contact]] page. For security, I will not send any bank details by e-mail. People or companies that have donated money, will be mentioned with name of logo on this page if wanted. Please contact me if you would like to be mentioned.
 
Thank you ! 
 
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HERALDRY OF THE WORLD : The main resource for civic heraldry since 1995

Heraldry of the World is a private website which is devoted only to civic heraldry, i.e. coats of arms of cities, states, municipalities, countries etc. It also includes an attempt to make a complete catalogue of heraldic (paper based) collector's items, again with the main focus on civic heraldry.

Please don't ask me about family crests, to learn about coats of arms for surnames, please visit coadb.com. They will help you.

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