 Flag ratio: 1:2 The flag of Uzbekistan was adopted on November 18, 1991. Image File history File links Flag_of_Uzbekistan. ...
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is the 322nd day of the year (323rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the 1991 Gregorian calendar). ...
Several theories have been given as to the symbolic meaning of this flag.
The 12 stars represent the 12 administrative divisions (viloyat) of the country. The blue stripe is said to represent the sky, white stripe to represent justice, and the green stripe to represent hospitability, with the two narrow red stripes representing strength. The crescent moon is said to represent either the renewal or reappearance of the country after its long disappearance into the Soviet Union or the traditional Islamic culture base of the majority of the population. A wilaya is an administrative subdivision usually translated as province. ...
Islam (Arabic: ; ( ▶ (help· info)), the submission to God) is a monotheistic faith, one of the Abrahamic religions and the worlds second-largest religion. ...
A second explanation of the flag states that the 12 stars represent either the 12 months, or the 12 zodiac signs, that the white strip represents cotton, the main crop of the country, and that the crescent moon represents Islam. It has been suggested that this article be split into multiple articles. ...
Cotton ready for harvest. ...
In astronomy, a phase of the Moon is any of the aspects or appearances presented by the Moon as seen from Earth, determined by the portion of the Moon that is visibly illuminated by the Sun. ...
Islam (Arabic: ) is a monotheistic religion based upon the teachings of Muhammad, a 7th century Arab religious and political figure. ...
A third explanation states that blue represents water, white represents peace and green represents nature, with red lines of life force connecting each component.
As Uzbekistan is an officially secular state any intrepetations attributing Islamic meanings to the colors or symbols on the flag are not official, with the possible exception of the crescent moon. This article concerns secularity, that is, being secular, in various senses. ...
See also
Flag of Turkey Since the constitution of Republic of Turkey by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk in 1923 many newly independent countries in the 20th century, all of them with Turkic, Ottoman and/or Islamic roots and some inspired by the republican Kemalist way of government, adopted flags adorned with the...
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