Banner o Comoros

Banner ratio: 3:5

The current banner o the Union o the Comoros (offeecially French: Union des Comores Arabic: الاتّحاد القمريّ‎, al-Ittiḥādd al-Qamariyy) wis designed in 2001 an offeecially adoptit on 7 Januar 2002. It continues tae display the crescent an fower starns, which is a motiff that haes been in uise in slichtly various forms syne 1975 durin the unthirldom movement. In its constitution, the govrenment o the Comoros refers tae the insigne as L'emblème nationale, or the "naitional emblem", tho it is unnerstood tae actually represent a banner.

Design

The design consists o a white crescent wi fower white starns inside o a green triangle. The banner haes fower stripes, representin fower islands o the naition: yellae is for Mohéli, white is for Mayotte (claimed bi Comoros but administered bi Fraunce), reid is for Anjouan, an blue is for Grande Comore. The star an crescent seembol staunds for Islam, which is the naition's major releegion.

Umwhile banners o Comoros

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  Banner o the State o Comoros frae the pre-unthirldom period afore Julie 1975 till Januar 1976
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  Banner o the State o Comoros unner the Ali Soilih Regime (Januar 1976-Mey 1978)
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  Banner o the Federal an Islamic Republic o Comoros (Mey 1978-1992)
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  Banner o the Federal an Islamic Republic o Comoros (1992-1996)
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  Banner o the Federal an Islamic Republic o Comoros (1996-December 2001)

Banners o individual islands

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  The Banner o Grande Comore
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  The Banner o Anjouan
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  The Banner o Mohéli

See an aa

• Starn an crescent
• Comoros

External links

• Comoros at Flags of the World