Flag of Tajikistan
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| Name |
Tajik: Парчами Тоҷикистон/Parcami Toçikiston Persian: پرچم تاجیکستان |
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| Use | National flag |
| Proportion | 1:2 |
| Adopted | 24 November 1992 |
| Design | A horizontal tricolor of red, white and green; charged with a crown surmounted by an arc of seven stars at the center |
The national flag of Tajikistan (Tajik: Парчами Тоҷикистон / Parcami Toçikiston, Persian: پرچم تاجیکستان) was adopted in November 1992, replacing the flag of the Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic of 1953. The flag of Tajikistan is a horizontal tricolor of red, white and green with a width ratio of 2:3:2, charged with a crown surmounted by an arc of seven stars at the centre.
The tricolor preserves the choice of colors in the Tajik Soviet flag.
The middle white stripe has one-and-a-half times the width of the red and green stripes. The red represents the unity of the nation; the green represents the fertile valleys, while the white represents both the snow and ice of the mountains and the color of cotton.
The crown and stars are set in a rectangle taking up 80% of the flag's total width. The crown represents the Tajik people, as the name Tajik is connected with Persian "crown" in popular etymology.
The Standard of the President of Tajikistan was introduced in 2006, on the occasion of the inauguration ceremony for the third term of Emomali Rahmon as head of state. It uses the same tricolour, charged with a depiction of the Derafsh Kāviān, the Sasanian royal standard; inside the Derafsh Kāviān is a depiction of a winged lion against a blue sky under a smaller representation of the crown and seven stars.
Under Soviet rule, the Union Republic used a flag derived from the flag of the Soviet Union and representing Communism, that was approved in 1953. The flag is similar to the Soviet design but with a white and a green stripe.
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