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Africa

Eritrea

Ratio: 2:3 Adopted: May 24, 1993 Usage: National and Civil

Green, blue,
An olive branch and red are the
is encircled by a colors of the
wreath representing Eritrean People’s
Eritrean autonomy Liberation Front

Africa
Saudi
Ar
Ar
Sudan Ar Eritrea was federated to Ethiopia in 1952 and fully
Arabia
ERIT T T TREA Yemen integrated in 1962. From 1972, a long war of
Ethiopia
secession led to independence in 1993.
The flag of the Eritrean People’s olive leaves. Originally this emblem
Liberation Front (eplf), which was green on a blue flag, but it is now
campaigned for independence, is yellow.
green and blue with a red triangle
bearing a gold star. The flag adopted THE PRESIDENT’S FLAG
on independence retained the colors The President’s flag contains the
and pattern, but replaced the star national arms, which depicts a
with the emblem used previously for camel in a desert, with the name
autonomous Eritrea. This is an olive of the state underneath in English,
branch surrounded by a wreath of Tigrinya, and Arabic.

THE PRESIDENT’S FLAG
The arms of Eritrea The colors of the
national flag are used

The arms is
surrounded by a
wreath of leaves

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