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  2. Flag of Somaliland - Wikipedia

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    The flag of Somaliland (Somali: Calanka Soomaaliland; Arabic: علم صوماليلاند) was adopted on 14 October 1996. It consists of a tricolour of green, white, and red, with a black star located in the centre. On the green stripe, there is the Shahada in white calligraphic script.

  3. Flag of Somalia - Wikipedia

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    A single white five-pointed star centered on a cyan field. Designed by. Mohammed Awale Liban. The national flag of Somalia was adopted on October 12, 1954, and was designed by Mohammed Awale Liban. The flag was initially used within the Trust Territory of Somaliland [1] before being adopted by the short-lived State of Somaliland and the Somali ...

  4. National symbols of Somalia - Wikipedia

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    During its modern history, various national symbols have come to represent Somalia. Due to the country's instability, many of these are only used in areas under the Federal Government of Somalia, and may not apply to breakaway regions such as Somaliland. The Constitution of Somalia mentions three symbols: the flag, the coat of arms and the ...

  5. National emblem of Somaliland - Wikipedia

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    The Constitution of Somaliland, as approved on May 31, 2001, by referendum reads: Article 7: The Flag, the Emblem and the National Anthem. 2. The emblem of the nation shall consist of a coffee coloured falcon with (the words), in Arabic language, “Allahu Akbar” (God is great) inscribed on its breast. Below the eagle are two hands shaking ...

  6. History of Somalia - Wikipedia

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    t. e. Somali (Somali: Soomaaliya; aṣ-Ṣūmāl), officially the Federal Republic of Somalia (Somali: Jamhuuriyadda Federaalka Soomaaliya, Jumhūriyyat aṣ-Ṣūmāl al-Fideraaliya) and formerly known as the Somali Democratic Republic, is a country located in the Horn of Africa. The country was an important centre for commerce with the rest ...

  7. Somali people - Wikipedia

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    The Somali flag is an ethnic flag conceived to represent ethnic Somalis. [186] It was created in 1954 by the Somali scholar Mohammed Awale Liban, after he had been selected by the labour trade union of the Trust Territory of Somalia to come up with a design. [187] Upon independence in 1960, the flag was adopted as the national flag of the ...

  8. List of Somali flags - Wikipedia

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    Flag of the Hiraab Imamate. A swallowtailed bicoloured banner of red and blue with 2 white crescent moons. 1415–1577. Flag of the Adal Sultanate. A vertical tricolour of white, red and white with a crescent moon in each stripe. 1700s–1884. Religious banner of the Isaaq Sultanate derived from an Adal Sultanate flag.

  9. State of Somaliland - Wikipedia

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    v. t. e. Somaliland, officially the State of Somaliland, [4][5] (Somali: Qaranka Soomaaliland, Arabic: دولة صوماليلاند, romanized: Dawlat Ṣūmālīlānd) was a short-lived independent country in the territory of the present-day unilaterally declared Republic of Somaliland, which regards itself as its legal successor. [1]