Azerbaijan Flag

How to identify it

Blue, red and green horizontal bands with a white crescent and an eight-pointed star in the centre of the red. The eight points are the detail: most crescent flags pair theirs with a five-pointed star.

Design and construction

Proportions

1:2

Adoption and legal status

First adopted 9 November 1918 by the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic; restored 5 February 1991; colours standardised by law on 22 October 2013.

Construction

Three equal horizontal bands of blue, red and green, with a white crescent and eight-pointed star centred on the red band.

Officially documented meaning

Under Article 23 of the Constitution and the 1991 flag law, the flag is a symbol of state sovereignty.

Commonly repeated interpretation

Not official: Blue is commonly linked to Azerbaijan’s Turkic identity, red to progress and green to Islam. The eight star points are often associated with eight Turkic peoples.

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