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Flag of Libya

Libya

Flag

Adopted: 1977

The flag features a horizontal tricolor of red, black, and green with a white crescent and star centered on the black band.

Flag fun fact: Libya's flag is the only national flag with a solid color (the black band) as its primary design element, adopted during the Gaddafi era in 1977.

Colors

redgreenblackwhite

Design elements

stripescrescentstar

Flag family: Arab

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Country context

Capital city: Tripoli

Northern Africa · Africa

Independent from Italy · 1951

ItalianOttoman

Presidential system

UNAfrican UnionArab LeagueOPEC

Currency

Libyan dinar (LYD) →

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