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The flag of Somalia was adopted on October 12, 1954. It was designed by Mohammed Awale Liban, intended to be used for British Somaliland. Upon reunification of Italian and British Somaliland, the flag was used for the Somali Democratic Republic. Image File history File links Flag_of_Somalia. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Somalia. ... Image File history File links FIAV_111111. ... October 12 is the 285th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (286th in leap years). ... 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The British Somaliland was a British protectorate in the north part of the Horn of Africa, and later part of Somalia and presently the unrecognized Republic of Somaliland. ...

According to Mr. Liban, the flag is intended to look like the flag of the United Nations. The United Nations helped Somalia gain independence from Italy, and the flag design was adopted in its honour. The olive branches symbolise peace. ... The foundation of the U.N. The United Nations (UN) is an international organization whose stated aims are to facilitate co-operation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress and human rights issues. ...

The five edges of star symbolize the five areas where Somalis live. These five places are British Somaliland, Italian Somaliland, French Somaliland (Djibouti), Ogaden (Ethiopia), and Northern Frontier District (Kenya). The British Somaliland was a British protectorate in the north part of the Horn of Africa, and later part of Somalia and presently the unrecognized Republic of Somaliland. ... Italian Somaliland was an Italian colony that lasted, apart from a brief interlude of British rule, from the late 19th century until 1960 in the territory of the modern-day East African nation of Somalia. ... The Republic of Djibouti (جيبوتي) is a country in eastern Africa, located in the Horn of Africa. ... Ogaden (pronounced and often spelled OgadÄ“n) is a part of the Somali Region in Ethiopia. ... . North Eastern is one of Kenyas administrative provinces. ...

The blazon, or heraldic description, of this flag is: Azure, a mullet Argent. This is an article about Heraldry. ...

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The Bonnie Blue Flag, a single white star on a blue field, was the flag of the short-lived Republic of West Florida. ...

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Algeria · Angola · Benin · Botswana · Burkina Faso · Burundi · Cameroon · Cape Verde · Central African Republic · Chad · Comoros · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Republic of the Congo · Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) · Djibouti · Egypt · Equatorial Guinea · Eritrea · Ethiopia · Gabon · The Gambia · Ghana · Guinea · Guinea-Bissau · Kenya · Lesotho · Liberia · Libya · Madagascar · Malawi · Mali · Mauritania · Mauritius · Morocco · Mozambique · Namibia · Niger · Nigeria · Rwanda · São Tomé and Príncipe · Senegal · Seychelles · Sierra Leone · Somalia · South Africa · Sudan · Swaziland · Tanzania · Togo · Tunisia · Uganda · Zambia · Zimbabwe This is a gallery of national flags of North America. ... Flag ratio: 2:3 The flag of Burkina Faso is formed by two equal horizontal bands of red (top) and green with a yellow five-pointed star in the center. ... Flag ratio: 3:5 The flag used from 1975 to 1992 The national Flag of Cape Verde was adopted on September 22, 1992 and symbolized a break in relations with Guinea-Bissau, with whom Cape Verde was to unite. ... Flag ratio: 3:5 The flag of the Central African Republic was adopted on December 1, 1958. ... Flag ratio: 2:3, since 1997 Flag of Association Internationale Africaine as well as the Congo Free State (1877-1908) and the Belgian Congo (1908-1960) 1960-1963 independence flag 1963-1966 flag 1966-1971 flag Flag of Zaire (1971-1997) Unofficial variation of the independence flag The flag of... Flag ratio: 2:3 The flag of CÃ´te dIvoire features three equal vertical bands of orange (hoist side), white, and green. ... This article is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ... Flag ratio: 1:2 The flag of SÃ£o TomÃ© and PrÃncipe was adopted on November 5, 1975. ... Flag ratio: 2:3 The national flag of Sierra Leone was officially hoisted on April 27, 1961. ... Flag ratio: 2:3 The current flag of the Republic of South Africa was adopted on April 27, 1994, after the first free elections and the end of apartheid. ...

Dependencies and other territories
British Indian Ocean Territory · Ceuta · Mayotte · Melilla · Puntland · Réunion · St. Helena · Somaliland · Western Sahara (SADR) A dependent territory, dependent area or dependency is a territory that does not possess full political independence or sovereignty as a State. ... Types of political territories include: A legally administered territory, which is a non-sovereign geographic area that has come under the authority of another government. ... Flag Ratio: 1:2 The flag of the British Indian Ocean Territory was adopted on November 8, 1990. ... Civil and state flag. ... Flag ratio: 2:3 The flag of Melilla consists of a pale blue background with the Coat of Arms of Melilla in the centre. ... Flag ratio: 1:2 The Flag of Saint Helena and Dependencies was adopted on October 4, 1984. ... Flag of Somaliland The old flag The current flag of Somaliland, the former British part of Somalia, was introduced on October 14, 1996, when it was approved by the National Conference. ... Flag of Western Sahara, ratio 1:2 The flag of Western Sahara is black, red, white and green, the Arab colors, with the crescent and star being a Muslim symbol. ...

Categories: Somali culture | National flags | Flag stubs | Somalia stubs A national flag is a flag that symbolises a country and that can usually be flown by citizens of that country. ... A modern coat of arms is derived from the medi val practice of painting designs onto the shield and outer clothing of knights to enable them to be identified in battle, and later in tournaments. ... This gallery of sovereign-state flags shows the flags of sovereign states in the list of sovereign states. ... This gallery of sovereign state coats of arms shows the coat of arms of sovereign states in the list of sovereign states. ... This overview contains the flags of dependent territories. ... This overview shows the coat of arms of dependent territories. ... This overview contains the flags of self-proclaimed states that have declared their independence, exert control over (at least part of) the claimed territory and population, but have not been acknowledged as independent states by the international community at large. ... This overview contains the coats of arms of self-proclaimed states that have declared their independence, exert control over (at least part of) the claimed territory and population, but have not been acknowledged as independent states by the international community at large. ... å¾®åž‹åœ‹å®¶åœ‹æ—— This is not intended as a list of all micronation flags; only those flags the actual physical existence of which can be verified photographically or through other third-party historical sources should be listed here. ... This overview contains the coats of arms of micronations, self-proclaimed statelike entities that are largely or wholly ephemeral in nature. ... This gallery contains the flags of states that were (at least de facto) independent in the past. ...

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