Flag of the day: Mauritania (1959-2017)

الجمهورية الإسلامية الموريتانية • Al-Jumhuriyah al-Islamiyah al-Muritaniyah • République Islamique de Mauritanie • Islamic Republic of Mauritania/

Independence day Independence from France 28-NOV-1960 (63 years ago)

Mauritania (1959-2017)

Usage

national flag»main« national flag

FIS

Historic flag no longer in use

adopted

1-APR-1959

Continent

Africa

Region

Western Africa

Country

Mauritania

Shape

rectangular
rectangular
2:3

Colors

(only colors)

Division

plain
charge presence: charged
number of colors: bicolor

Devices

crescent with star(s)
crescent
5 pointed star
main flag field
moon (crescent)
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