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Flag of Eritrea

Eritrea

Flag

Adopted: 1993

The flag features a red isosceles triangle on the hoist side with green and blue horizontal stripes on the fly, centered with a gold wreath and star.

Flag fun fact: The gold wreath on Eritrea's flag represents the country's olive branches of peace, while the star symbolizes the unity and aspirations of the Eritrean people.

Colors

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Design elements

trianglestaremblem

Flag family: Pan-African

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Country context

Capital city: Asmara

Eastern Africa · Africa

Independent from Ethiopia · 1993

Italian

Unitary one-party presidential republic

UNAfrican Union

Currency

Eritrean nakfa (ERN) →

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