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Flag of Azerbaijan

The flag of Azerbaijan was adopted in November 9, 1918 and was used till 1920, when Azerbaijan was independent, and it was revived with slight variations on February 5, 1991. The flag is a horizontal tricolor featuring three equally sized horizontal strips. The strips are of color blue, red, and green. The flag also consists a white crescent and an eight-pointed star in the center appearing infront as well as in the back. This tricolor flag replaced an earlier design used by the Azerbaijan SSR until 1990. The blue color in the flag symbolizes Azerbaijan's Turkic heritage, the red stands for progress  to establish a modern state and the development of democracy, and the green represents Islam.
The basic description of the flag, along with the ratio, can be found in the Constitution of Azerbaijan, which was adopted November 12, 1995:
State flag of the Azerbaijan Republic consists of three horizontal stripes of same width. Upper stripe is blue, middle stripe is red, and the lower one is green; in the middle of red stripe on both sides of the flag white crescent with eight-pointed star are depicted. Width of the flag constitutes half of its length.
There is a nickname given to the flag called Üçrəngli Bayraq, which means The Tricolour Flag.
The flag is referred to in the Constitution and mentioned two times in the national anthem. On land, the flag is used as the civil, state and war flag; at sea, it is used as the civil, state, and naval ensign, as well as the naval jack.

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