Flag of Azerbaijan

Infobox flag
Name = Azerbaijan
Article =

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Use = 100000
Symbol =
Proportion = 1:2
Adoption = 1918, with modifications in 1991
Design = A horizontal tricolor of blue, red and green
Type = NationalThe flag of Azerbaijan ( _az. 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 branches [?] of the Turkic peoples Fact|date=August 2008. The blue band is the colour of the TurksFact|date=August 2008. the green is for Islam and red is for progress and Europeanisation [Complete Flags of The World, 1997, page 172, Dorling Kindersley] . The official colours and size were adopted on February 5, 1991. [ [http://www.un.int/azerbaijan/azerbaijan.php The Permanent Mission of Azerbaijan to the United Nations ] ] 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. [http://www.meclis.gov.az/qanunlar/qanun_l1.php?id=607&idk=1]

References

ee also

*Coat of arms of Azerbaijan

External links

*FOTW|id=az|title=Azerbaijan