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Asia

Uzbekistan

Ratio: 1:2 Adopted: November 18, 1991 Usage: National and Civil

The new moon Blue recalls
represents the water and
new republic the sky
There is a star
for each month White denotes
of the year peace and
purity

Green is symbolic of Red represents the
nature and fertility life-force in all people

+AZAKHSTAN Once part of the Mongol Empire, Uzbekistan fell
to Russia in the late 19th century. It became
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!FGHANISTAN independent from the USSR in 1991.
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Uzbekistan was the first of the Uzbek empire in the 14th century.
Central Asian republics to adopt The white stripe is a sign of peace
its own non-communist national and purity. Green is a Muslim
flag, although the new design symbol of nature and fertility.
is based on that of the former Red is for the life-force found in
Soviet Uzbekistan. all people. The new moon suggests
The blue stripe symbolizes water the birth of the new republic,
and the sky. It is also the color of while the 12 stars represent the
the flag of Timur, who ruled an months of the Islamic calendar.

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ARMS OF UZBEKISTAN
Islamic crescent and star
The arms features a bird
whose outstretched wings Wheat represents the
form a crescent framing a country’s staple food crop
rising sun over a landscape
of mountains and rivers
Cotton is Uzbekistan’s
chief cash crop The ribbon bears the
name of the state

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