Comoros flag

Comoros flag
Vexillological symbol :	?
Aspect ratio:	3: 5
Officially accepted:	2002

Flag at the Comorian Embassy in Paris

A new flag was adopted as the flag of the Comoros at the beginning of 2002.

The elements of the old flag, which only consisted of a crescent moon and four white stars on a green background, were taken over into a triangle on the mast. Four horizontal stripes of equal width were added, symbolizing the four islands of the Comorian archipelago:

flag	colour
	Green comes from the old national flag.
	Yellow stands for Mohéli .
	White stands for Mayotte .
	Red stands for Anjouan .
	Blue stands for Grande Comore .

This illustrates the Comoros claim to Mayotte, which is a French overseas territory .

The four white stars also represent the four islands. The crescent moon and the color green stand for Islam , the state religion of the Comoros. The flag design was changed frequently before 2002, the exact orientation of the stars is not specified. The previous flag of the current flag had several variants for the position of the word Allah (الله) on the obverse, there is also a variant in which the obverse and lapel do not differ.

• Historical flags
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  ^? Flag before independence (1963 to 1975)

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  Flag 1975-1978

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  Flag 1978-1992

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  Flag 1992-1996

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  ^? Flag 1996-2001, obverse

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  Flag 1996-2001, reverse side

Web links

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

• Comoros . Flags of the World (English)