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Flag of the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria

Flag of the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria

Construction sheet: Flag of the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria
Construction sheet

Description

  • The flag of Algeria consists of two equal vertical bands of green and white with a red crescent and
  • five-pointed star centred over the boundary. Adopted on 3 July 1962 upon independence from France,
  • the green symbolises Islam, white represents purity, and the red crescent and star are traditional Islamic symbols

Trivia

  • The exact placement of the crescent and star is mathematically defined using intersecting circles
  • The star has five points, common in Islamic symbolism; the crescent faces right, traditional for Muslim flags
  • Adopted in 1962 after a brutal eight-year independence war against France

Construction

The national flag of Algeria (Arabic: علم الجزائر‎, romanized: ʿalam al-jazāʾir, Berber languages: ⴰⵛⴻⵏⵢⴰⵍ ⵏ ⴷⵣⴰⵢⴻⵔ, romanized: Acenyal n Dzayer ) consists of two equal vertical bars, green and white, charged in the center with a red star and crescent, a symbol of Islam as the nation's prominent faith. The flag was adopted on 3 July 1962. A similar version was used by the Algerian government in exile from 1958–1962.

According to algeria-un.org, cited in 1999, the features of the flag are set down precisely, being described as:

> The green must be a composition of equal yellow and blue having, according to > the diagram of contrasts of Rood, a wavelength of 5,411 [ångströms] and the > position 600 on the normal spectrum. The red must be pure, of primary > non-decomposable colour, and exempt of blue and yellow having, according to > the above-indicated diagram, a wavelength of 6,562 [ångströms] and the > position 285 on the normal spectrum.

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