Mauritania

Islamic Republic of Mauritania, Muritaniya, Al-Jumhuriyah Al-Islamiyah Al-Muritaniyah, Mauritanie

Last modified: 2005-08-11 by rob raeside
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2:3 by Zeljko Heimer

• The Flag of Mauritania
• Construction sheet
• Aircraft markings
• Mauritanian Political Parties

• Western Sahara that is claimed partly by Mauritania.

The Flag of Mauritania

Adopted on 1 April 1959, Mauritania's flag emphasizes its African location, its majority Islamic faith and the name of the nation - Republique Islamique de Mauritanie. The colors green and gold are two of the Pan-African colors which reflect Mauritania's position as an African nation. The star and crescent are well-known Islamic symbols. The flag's proportion is 2:3.

Sources: Smith, Flags and Arms across the World, 1980 [smi80]; Talocci, Guideto the Flags of the World, 1982 [tal82]; Crampton, Flags of the World, 1990 [cra90i]

Paige Herring, 13 June 1998

Carr 'Flags of the World', 1961, [car61] mentions "the Decree [on the adoption of the flag] signed on April 1st 1959". Rabbow, in 'DTV-Lexikon politischer Symbole', 1970 [rab70] states: 'The flag is anchored in the Constitution of 22 March 1959.'

Carr (op. cit.) has this: "An emerald green flag, proportion three to two, bearing a crescent and five-pointed star, in gold, in the center thereof." Znamierovski