Flag of Mauritania

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Flag of Mauritania
Flag of Mauritania.svg
Vexillological symbol : National flag on land and at sea?
Aspect ratio: 2: 3
Officially accepted: August 6, 2017

The flag of Mauritania was adopted on August 6, 2017, following a referendum the day before.

Description and meaning

The national flag shows a golden crescent moon on an emerald green background, above a golden, five-pointed star. There is a red stripe above and below. The aspect ratio is 2: 3.

The colors green, yellow and red are considered Pan-African colors and refer to the considerable proportion of the black African population. The color green and the crescent moon symbolize Islam , the main religion of the country. The stripes added in 2017 symbolize the blood of those who fought for Mauritania's independence.

history

Flag of Mauritania 1959-2017
Waving old flag of Mauritania

Only in 1958 did the colonial power of France allow its own symbols for its African possessions. The former national flag was established with the constitution of March 22, 1959 and officially introduced on April 1 of the same year. The constitution of July 12, 1991 confirmed the appearance of the flag. A flag law, which precisely specifies the structure, was missing. On August 5, 2017, President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz held a referendum that, among other constitutional amendments, provided for a new flag with two additional red stripes. The referendum was successful and the change came into effect on August 6th.

literature

  • Werner Ludewig (edit.): The modern country lexicon, Vol. 6: Karolinen - Mauritania . Bertelsmann, Gütersloh 1979, ISBN 3-570-08676-3 .

Web links

Commons : Flags of Mauritania  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Whitney Smith : Coats of arms and flags of all nations ("Flags and arms across the world"). Battenberg Verlag, Munich 1981, ISBN 3-87045-183-1 .
  2. ↑ www.aljazeera.com/news/2017
  3. ↑ Flags of the World: Mauritania (English)
  4. ^ Constitution of Mauritania (English), accessed on August 8, 2012