{"id":1652,"date":"2021-01-04T17:18:19","date_gmt":"2021-01-04T14:18:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flags-world.com\/en\/flag-of-somalia\/"},"modified":"2021-10-03T20:12:11","modified_gmt":"2021-10-03T17:12:11","slug":"flag-of-somalia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flags-world.com\/en\/flag-of-somalia\/","title":{"rendered":"Flag of Somalia: meaning and colors"},"content":{"rendered":"

Somalia is a country in East Africa<\/a>, as a result of civil wars, disintended and assembled together again. Together with historical events changed symbols.<\/p>\n

So the modern flag of Somalia looks:<\/p>\n

\"Somalia<\/span><\/p>\n

History of the flag of Somalia<\/h2>\n

In the XV-XVI centuries, the locality of modern Somalia held Sultanate Adal, whose flag was a vertical cloth, on which there were three vertical stripes – the central had a red color, the latter – white. On each of them, there was three crescent of the same colors (white – on red, red – on white).<\/p>\n

\"Somalia<\/span><\/p>\n

Another part of the country was held by Imamat Ajuran, which existed from the XIII to the XVII century. The flag had a non-standard form – triangular. His whole square was shared by another two triangles – red and yellow, and a white crescent was a satellite.<\/p>\n

\"Somalia<\/span><\/p>\n

In the XVI century, the territory belonged to Turkey<\/a>, based on this, its flag was used as a municipal, reincarnated in a red rounded triangle with a yellow crescent.<\/p>\n

\"Somalia<\/span><\/p>\n

In the XIX century in the northern part of the country, there was a Dervisian government (monks and ascetics), its flag – a rectangular green cloth with a red rectangle in the center.<\/p>\n

\"Somalia<\/span><\/p>\n

From 1861 to 1946, part of the country belonged to Italy and had the same flag as the metropolis, only with the image of the coated shield – a red with a white cross in a blue frame.<\/p>\n

\"Somalia<\/span><\/p>\n

In 1903, an English Somalia was formed, which had a blue flag with Union Jack<\/a> in the upper corner of the ride and with income in the White Circle at the Free Right Finish.<\/p>\n

\"Somali-7<\/span><\/p>\n