Mauritania

national flag

Mauritania
2:3

Flag Dates

  • adopted August 15, 2017
  • first hoisted November 28, 2017

Vexilliger Type

  • sovereign state in Western Africa

Names

  • eng Islamic Republic of Mauritania official name
  • ara الجمهورية الإسلامية الموريتانية official name
  • eng Mauritania
  • ara موريتانيا

Shape

2:3
  • quadrilateral → rectangular → elongated

Division

  • horizontal
  • number of stripes 3 stripes
  • stripe symmetry symmetric stripes
  • additional area no additional area
  • stripe areas central thicker
  • division lines straight

Colors

  • Y+
    dark yellow
  • R+
    dark red
  • G++
    very dark grey

Elements

  • crescent with star
    heraldic: orientation points to top
  • horizontal stripe ×2
  • horizontal stripe

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