After gaining independence in 1991, the Supreme Council of the Azerbaijan Republic announced the tricolor flag with a star and a crescent as the national flag of Azerbaijan on February 5, 1991.
On November 17, 2009, President Ilham Aliyev signed an order to declare November 9 as the National Flag Day.
The flag of Azerbaijan is a rectangular panel consisting of three equal horizontal bands colored blue, red and green. A white crescent and an eight-pointed star are centered in the red band. The ratio of the flag’s width to its length is 1:2.
Azerbaijan’s flag is considered the symbol of its national sovereignty.
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