Flag of Somalia

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Template:Short description Template:Infobox Flag The national flag of Somalia was adopted on October 12, 1954, and was designed by Mohammed Awale Liban. The flag was initially used within the Trust Territory of Somaliland<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> before being adopted by the short-lived State of Somaliland and the Somali Republic. It is an ethnic flag for the Somali people; the flag's five-pointed star represents the five regions in which Somalis reside.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

History

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Somali Flag at the Independence Celebrations for State of Somaliland (now Republic of Somaliland) on 26 June 1960

Beginning in the mid-19th century, areas in the Horn of Africa populated by Somalis were divided among Ethiopia, France, Britain, and Italy. Soon after the creation of the UN Trust Territory of Somaliland during 1950, the Somali Youth League persistently advocated for the creation of a national flag. This was rejected by Italian administrators of the Trusteeship until 1954, when a debate was opened in the territorial council. The SYL, being the most popular political organization in the country, initially sought to use their party's flag, but was rejected outright by rival parties. A deadlock ensued until it was broken by the Somali scholar Mohammed Awale Liban who suggested a different symbol from the ones proposed.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> Liban personally conceived of and designed the flag which was approved by the territorial council on 12 October 1954.<ref name="Crwf">History of the flag</ref><ref name="Tifh">Maria Costantino, The Illustrated Flag Handbook, (Gramercy Books: 2001), p.185.</ref> A flag of the same design was also used by the short-lived independent State of Somaliland between 26 June 1960 and 1 July 1960.

In the Republic of Somaliland

Public display of the flag of Somalia flag is strictly prohibited in the Republic of Somaliland.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Characteristics

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Somalia's coat of arms

As an ethnic flag, the five-pointed white Star of Unity in its center represents the areas where the Somali ethnic group form the majority: Djibouti, Somaliland (former British protectorate), the Somali region in Ethiopia, the North Eastern Province in Kenya, and Somalia (Italian Somaliland).<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref> However, the flag does still represent all the Somali regions anymore, going from an ethnic flag to the national flag of Somalia only.Template:Citation needed It now officially denotes the sky as well as the Gulf of Aden, Guardafui Channel and the Somali Sea, which flank the country.<ref name="Cwfbsom">Template:Cite web</ref> The blue color of the flag was selected in tribute to the United Nations who helped to form the country of Somalia during its status as a trust territory from 1950–1960.<ref name="Crwf" /><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Colors

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File:Flag of Somalia.svg Blue White
RGB 65/143/222 255/255/255
Hexadecimal #418FDE #FFFFFF
CMYK 71/36/0/13 0/0/0/0

Historical flags

The following are the flags historically used in the territory of present-day Somalia:<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Pre-colonial states

Italian Somalia

British Somaliland

Subnational flags

Federal Member States

See also

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Notes

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References

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