Flag of Azerbaijan

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Flag of Azerbaijan
Flag of Azerbaijan
Use National flag and ensign National flag and ensign
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 the national flag of the country Azerbaijan. It consists of three equal horizontal bands colored blue, red, and green, with 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 branches[?] of the Turkic peoples[citation needed]. The blue band is the colour of the Turks[citation needed]. the green is for Islam and red is for progress and Europeanisation[1]. The official colours and size were adopted on February 5, 1991.[2] 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 as the following: blue - PMS 313 C, red - PMS 185 C, green - PMS 3405 C.[3] (PMS=Pantone Matching System)

Flag of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic

Flag of the Azerbaijan SSR

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  1. ^ Complete Flags of The World, 1997, page 172, Dorling Kindersley
  2. ^ The Permanent Mission of Azerbaijan to the United Nations
  3. ^ http://www.meclis.gov.az/?/az/topcontent/21

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