Former flag of Mauritania (1959–2017)

{
  "g": "fn,af,arab,maghreb",
  "name": "Mauritania (1959–2017)",
  "now": "mauritania",
  "years": "1959–2017",
  "ns": "mauritania",
  "id": "mauritania-1959",
  "index": "c/mauritania:1959",
  "title": "Former flag of Mauritania (1959–2017)",
  "ratio": "2:3",
  "use": {
    "since": "1959-04-01",
    "until": "2017-08-15"
  },
  "colors": [
    {
      "color": "green",
      "hex": "#00A95C",
      "cmyk": "100/0/46/34",
      "note": "Islam and the land of Mauritania."
    },
    {
      "color": "gold",
      "hex": "#FFD700",
      "cmyk": "0/16/100/0"
    }
  ],
  "desc": "- The original flag of Mauritania (1959–2017) was a green field with a gold crescent and star — without the red top and bottom stripes that were added in 2017\n - This design was adopted upon independence from France on 28 November 1960 and remained unchanged for nearly six decades until a constitutional referendum on 5 August 2017 added the red stripes\n - **Construction:** a green field with a gold crescent (horns upward) and five-pointed star centred. Ratio 2:3",
  "of": {
    "country": "mauritania"
  },
  "countryData": {
    "name": "Mauritania",
    "officialName": "Islamic Republic of Mauritania (1959–2017 flag)",
    "un": "none"
  },
  "cs": "mauritania/mauritania-1959.cs.svg",
  "trivia": "- Mauritania's original flag from 1959 upon independence from France\n - Represented the nation's Islamic identity and Arab heritage\n - Evolved with the addition of the Shahada inscription later",
  "article": "mauritania/mauritania-1959.md",
  "flag": "mauritania/1959.svg",
  "_name": "Mauritania (1959–2017)",
  "_namespace": "mauritania",
  "_namePart": "1959"
}