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The flag of Azerbaijan ((アゼルバイジャン語:Azərbaycan bayrağı)) is a tricolour featuring three equally sized fesses of blue, red, and green, with a white crescent and an eight-pointed star centered in the red. The blue symbolises Azerbaijan's Turkic heritage, the red stands for progress, and the green represents Islam. The official colors and size were adopted on February 5, 1991.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=The Permanent Mission of Azerbaijan to the United Nations )〕 This flag was used from November 9, 1918 to 1920, when Azerbaijan was independent, and it was revived on February 5, 1991.〔Whitney Smith. Flag Lore Of All Nations. — Millbrook Press, 2001. — P. 13. — ISBN 9780761317531〕 The flag is referred to in the Constitution and mentioned two times in the national anthem. On land, the flag is used as the civil, state and war flag; at sea, it is used as the civil, state, and naval ensign, as well as the naval jack. The flag also has official status in the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic. The tricolour replaced an earlier design used by the Azerbaijan SSR. A presidential decree declared November 9, the date when in 1918 this flag was adopted as the national flag of Azerbaijan Democratic Republic, as the national Flag Day. The nickname for the flag is "Üçrəngli Bayraq", which means "The Tricolour Flag". ==Design== The national flag of Azerbaijan consists of three horizontal equal strips. The upper strip is of blue color, the middle-of red, the lower is green. In the center of the flag, on the red strip, there is an eight-pointed star and crescent; both are white. The basic description of the flag, along with the ratio, can be found in the Constitution of Azerbaijan that was adopted on November 12, 1995: Further specifications of the national flag was set out in the Presidential Decree "On the National Flag of the Republic of Azerbaijan" issued on February 5, 1991.〔 The ratio was kept at 1:2, which was used in the Soviet era.〔Конституция (Основной Закон) Азербайджанской Советской Социалистической Республики, принятая 21 апреля 1978 года внеочередной сессией Верховного Совета Азербайджанской ССР. — Баку, изд-во Верховного Совета Азербайджанской ССР, 1978, С.19〕 Each stripe is of the total height of the flag and extends to the full length of the flag. The star and crescent was placed in a box that has a ratio of 3:4; the crescent is shifted from the center of the flag. At the outside diameter of both the crescent and the red inside circle, it will intersect with the diameter of the white eight-pointed star. The diameter of the star is of the height of the flag; the inscribed circle in this star is of the height of the flag.〔5 февраля 1991 года Верховный Совет Азербайджанской Республики Законом №14-XII утвердил изменение названия государства и Законом №17-XII утвердил изображение Государственного флага и Положение о Государственном флаге Азербайджанской Республики.〕 The flag is also described in the technical specification "AZS 001-2006. Azərbaycan Respublikasının Dövlət Bayrağı. Texniki şərtlər." published by the State Committee on Standardization, Metrology and Patents of the Republic of Azerbaijan in 2006.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 publisher = Azərbaycan Respublikasının Standartlaşdırma )〕 The colors of the national flag are green, red, blue and white. Exact specifications for its colors were issued in the 2004 decree "On the Rules of the National Flag of the Republic of Azerbaijan". The colors, specified in Pantone, are as follows:〔(【引用サイトリンク】 publisher = Azərbaycan Respublikasının Milli Məclisi )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Flag of Azerbaijan」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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