List of Libyan flags
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This is a List of Flags used in Libya. for more information about the national flag, see the Flag of Libya.
National flag
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2011–present | National flag of Libya | A horizontal triband of red, black (double width), and green; charged with a white crescent and five-pointed star centred on the black stripe.[1][2][3][4] |
Military flags
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| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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2011–present | Naval jack of Libya[5] | A light blue field with the flag of Libya in the canton and defaced with a vertical white anchor. |
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2011–present | Flag of the Libyan Army[6] | A red field with the emblem in the center. |
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2011–present | Flag of the Libyan Navy[7] | A blue field with the emblem in the center. |
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2011–present | Flag of the Libyan Air Force[8] | A cyan field with the emblem in the center. |
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Flag of the Libyan Air Defense Forces[9] | A diagonally divided field with the emblem in the center. The upper hoist triangle is blue and the lower fly triangle is brown. | |
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2014–present | Flag of the Libyan National Army (variant) | A white field with the emblem in the center. |
| Former | |||
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1977–2011 | Naval jack of Libya | A light blue field with the Libyan green banner in the canton and defaced with a vertical white anchor. |
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1972–1977 | ||
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2014 – c. 2020 | Flag of the Libyan National Army[10] | A red field with the golden emblem in the center. |
Historical flags
[edit]Independence
[edit]| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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1977–2011 | Flag of the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya | A plain green flag – the colour represents Islamic faith and the nation's agricultural industry.[11] |
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1974 | Flag of the Arab Islamic Republic | A horizontal tricolour of red, white, and black with a red crescent moon and five-pointed star in the center. |
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1972–1977 | Flag of the Federation of Arab Republics | A horizontal tricolour of red, white, and black with a golden eagle in the center.[12] |
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1969–1972 | Flag of the Libyan Arab Republic | A horizontal tricolour of red, white, and black.[13] |
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1951–1969 | Flag of the Kingdom of Libya | A horizontal triband of red, black (double width), and green; charged with a white crescent and five-pointed star centred on the black stripe.[14][15][16][17] |
Emirate of Cyrenaica
[edit]| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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1949–1951 | Flag of the Emirate of Cyrenaica | A black field with a white crescent moon and a five-pointed star. |
Tripolitania
[edit]| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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Before 1793 | Flag of Ottoman Tripolitania | A simple red flag with a gray crescent. |
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After 1793 | Flag of Ottoman Tripolitania before the Karamanli takeover | A simple red flag with a white crescent and eight-pointed star. |
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1711–1832/1835 | Flag of Ottoman Tripolitania under the Karamanli dynasty | A green flag with three crescents. |
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1711–??? | Another flag of Ottoman Tripolitania | A white background with two thin horizontal bars on both the top and bottom parts of the flag with one thicker thin red bar in the middle. |
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18th century | Another flag of Ottoman Tripolitania | The same order of colors as the above flag, but with equal bands of each color – red, green, white, red, white, green, and red. |
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After 1835 | Flag of Ottoman Tripolitania after Ottoman reassertion of power in the region | A simple red flag with a white crescent and five-pointed star. |
See also
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References
[edit]- ↑ "Is the Crescent Moon a Symbol of Islam as Is Widely Believed?". Learn Religions. Archived from the original on 2022-01-18. Retrieved 2022-01-18.
- ↑ What's in a flag? – Libya. Al Jazeera English. Retrieved 27 May 2011.
- ↑ Mark Tran (17 February 2011). "Bahrain in crisis and Middle East protests – live blog". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 19 February 2011.
- ↑ "What's the deal with the new Libyan flag?". Christian Science Monitor. 24 August 2011.
- ↑ "Libya". www.fotw.info. Retrieved 2022-03-11.
- ↑ "Ground (Land) Forces, Libya". www.fotw.info. Retrieved 2022-03-11.
- ↑ "Naval Forces, Libya". www.fotw.info. Retrieved 2022-03-11.
- ↑ "Air Force, Libya". www.fotw.info. Retrieved 2022-03-11.
- ↑ "Air Defence, Libya". www.fotw.info. Retrieved 2022-03-11.
- ↑ "National Army, Libya". www.fotw.info. Retrieved 2022-03-11.
- ↑ Moore, Edwin; Ross, David (1986). Collins Gem Guides: Flags of the World. Glascow: William Collins, Sons & Co. Ltd. p. 106. ISBN 0-00-459503-3.
- ↑ "Federation of Arab Republics (1 July 1972 - March 1977)". www.fotw.info. Retrieved 2022-03-11.
- ↑ "Libya, 1969-1972". www.fotw.info. Retrieved 2022-03-11.
- ↑ cited after a copy kept by the library of Swiss Vexillological Society; cf. Jos Poels at FOTW, 1997.
- ↑ "For Amal, life (re)begins at 75 |". Feb17.info. 19 October 2011. Archived from the original on 11 September 2012.
- ↑ [English translation based on The Libyan Flag & The National Anthem, a booklet issued by the Ministry of Information and Guidance of the Kingdom of Libya, cited after Jos Poels at FOTW, 27 January 1997]
- ↑ "Libya, 1951-1972". www.fotw.info. Retrieved 2022-03-11.
