Flag of Azerbaijan

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Flag of Azerbaijan
Flag of Azerbaijan
Use Civil flag. Civil flag
Proportion 1:2
Adopted 1918, with modifications in 1991
Design A horizontal tricolor of blue, red and green

The flag of Azerbaijan (Azerbaijani: Azərbaycan bayrağı) is one of the national symbols of Azerbaijan and consists of three equal horizontal bands, from top: blue, red, and green; a white crescent and an eight-pointed star (Rub El Hizb) are centered in the red band. The eight points of the star stand for the eight branches of the Turkic people. The blue band is the color of the Turks, the green is for Islam and red is for progress. The official colours and size were adopted on February 5, 1991.[1] The flag is used on land as the civil, state and war flag, and at sea as the civil, state and naval ensign and naval jack. The specific shades of the national flag were laid out in a 2004 law.[2]

Flag of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic

Flag of the Azerbaijan SSR

[edit] References

  1. ^ The Permanent Mission of Azerbaijan to the United Nations
  2. ^ http://www.meclis.gov.az/qanunlar/qanun_l1.php?id=607&idk=1

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

Azerbaijan at Flags of the World


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