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Flag of Azerbaijan

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Quick Facts

Capital
Baku
Flag adopted
1991
Population
10,241,722
Area
86,600 km²
Languages
Azerbaijani
Currency
Azerbaijani manat (₼) — AZN
Demonym
Azerbaijani
Government
presidential republic
Subregion
Western Asia
Driving side
Right
Timezones
UTC+04:00
Independence
1991

Religions

  • Muslim 97.3%
  • Christian 2.6%
  • Other 0.1%
  • Unspecified 0.1%

About This Flag

The flag of Azerbaijan consists of three equal horizontal bands of blue on top, red in the middle, and green on the bottom, with a white crescent and an eight-pointed star centered on the red stripe. The blue represents the Turkic heritage of the Azerbaijani people, the red stands for modernization and progress, and the green symbolizes Islam.

The eight-pointed star, rather than the more common five-pointed version, is distinctive to Azerbaijan and represents the eight Turkic peoples. Adopted on February 5, 1991, shortly before the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the flag is based on the original 1918 design of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic — the first secular democratic republic in the Muslim world.

What the colors & design mean

Blue symbolizes Turkic identity, red represents progress and development, and green stands for Islam. The white crescent is a traditional Islamic symbol, and the eight-pointed star represents the eight branches of the Turkic people.

blue red green white

Pattern: Horizontal Stripes

Bordering countries (5)

🇦🇲 Armenia 🇬🇪 Georgia 🇮🇷 Iran 🇷🇺 Russia 🇹🇷 Turkey

Fun Facts

  • Azerbaijan's 1918 flag was the first tricolor flag adopted by a Turkic nation and one of the first flags of a Muslim-majority country to incorporate secular national symbolism alongside Islamic elements.
  • The eight-pointed star (Rub El Hizb) distinguishes Azerbaijan's flag from Turkey's five-pointed star design, reflecting Azerbaijan's unique Turkic identity.
  • Azerbaijan is known as the 'Land of Fire' due to its natural gas vents and mud volcanoes that have burned for millennia — the country has more mud volcanoes than any other nation.
  • Baku, the capital, sits on the Absheron Peninsula jutting into the Caspian Sea and is the lowest-lying national capital in the world at 28 meters below sea level.

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