Flag of the Comoros

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The current flag of the Union of the Comoros (officially French: Union des Comores Arabic: الاتّحاد القمريّ‎, al-Ittiḥāsdd al-Qamariyy) was designed in 2001 and officially adopted on 7 January 2002. It continues to display the crescent and four stars, which is a motiff that has been in use in slightly various forms since 1975 during the independence movement. In its constitution, the government of the Comoros refers to the insigne as L'emblème nationale, or the "national emblem", though it is understood to actually represent a flag

Design

The design consists of a white crescent with four white stars inside of a green triangle. The flag has four stripes, representing four islands of the nation: yellow is for Mohéli, white is for Mayotte (claimed by Comoros but administered by France), red is for Anjouan, and blue is for Grande Comore. The star and crescent symbol stands for Islam, which is the nation's major religion.

Former Flags of the Comoros

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  Flag of the State of Comoros from the pre-independence period before July 1975 until January 1976
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  Flag of the State of Comoros under the Ali Soilih Regime (January 1976-May 1978)
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  Flag of the Federal and Islamic Republic of Comoros (May 1978-1992)
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  Flag of the Federal and Islamic Republic of Comoros (1992-1996)
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  Flag of the Federal and Islamic Republic of Comoros (1996-December 2001)

Flags of the Individual Islands

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  The Flag of Grande Comore
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  The Flag of Anjouan
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  The Flag of Mohéli

See also

• Star and crescent
• Gallery of flags with crescents
• Comoros

External links

• Comoros at Flags of the World