|
American Flags
State Flags
Military Flags
Flag Poles
Sport Flags
International Flags
|
Azerbaijan
Flag
The flag of Azerbaijan consists of three
equal horizontal bands of blue (top), red, and green; a white crescent
and an eight-pointed star are centered in the red band. The eight
points of the star stand for the eight branches of the Turkic people.
The blue band is the color of the Turks, the green is for Islam and
red is for progress. An earlier variation of this flag was used by the
Azerbaijan Democratic Republic (ADR). The flag of the ADR featured a
much larger crescent which was placed on the left of the flag rather
than in the center. This flag was used until Azerbaijan was
incorporated into the USSR as the Azerbaijan SSR and a new Soviet flag
was adopted. The official colors and size were adopted on 5 February
1991.
 |
