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Europe

Albania

Ratio: 5:7 Adopted: April 7, 1992 Usage: National

Albanians call their The traditional
country Shqipëria, heraldic Albanian
meaning “land of flag first used
the eagle” in 1912 when
independence
was restored

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ALBANNIA
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became a kingdom in 1912. From 1944 to 1991
Italy Greece
it was a strict communist state.
The black eagle first appeared on the were included on the flag after the
Albanian flag in the 15th century invasion of 1939, but the original flag
when Albania became part of the was restored in 1942.
Byzantine Empire. According to In 1946, the flag changed again,
legend, the Albanians are the to incorporate a gold-edged red star
descendants of the eagle. The red above the eagle, representing the
flag, with the eagle in the center, was communist regime. The star was
adopted in 1912, when independence removed in 1991, by order of the
was restored. Parts of the Italian arms new multiparty government.
ARMS OF ALBANIA

The black eagle has been The two-headed eagle first
an emblem of Albania appeared on flags used
since the 15th century during the struggle against
Turkish occupation

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