Flag of the State of Eritrea

Flag of the State of Eritrea

Description

  • A red isosceles triangle based on the hoist side separates green (top) and blue (bottom) triangles
  • A yellow olive wreath surrounding an olive branch, pointing towards the fly, is placed on the red
  • Adopted on 24 May 1995, with the emblem derived from the 1952 federation flag of Eritrea

Trivia

  • The olive wreath has 30 leaves, commemorating the 30-year war of independence from Ethiopia
  • The basic layout derives from the flag of the Eritrean People's Liberation Front (EPLF)
  • Eritrea declared independence on 24 May 1993; the current flag was confirmed two years later

Flag of Eritrea

Eritrea's flag carries a red isosceles triangle based on the hoist, dividing the field into a green upper triangle and a blue lower triangle. On the red, a yellow olive wreath encircles a vertical olive branch pointing towards the fly. Red stands for the blood shed in the long war of independence, green for the land's agricultural wealth, and blue for the riches of the Red Sea.

The design draws the triangular layout from the flag of the Eritrean People's Liberation Front and takes the olive-wreath emblem from the 1952 UN-era federation flag. Adopted on 24 May 1995, two years after independence from Ethiopia, its wreath bears thirty leaves in memory of the three decades of armed struggle.

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