Maldives

Divehi - Republic of Maldives, Divehi Jumhuriyya

Last modified: 2005-01-22 by ivan sache
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by Željko Heimer

Flag adopted 25 July 1965, coat of arms adopted in 1965.
Proportion: 2:3
Description: A red flag with a green rectangle panel in the middle, charged with a white crescent pointing towards the fly
Use: on land, national and civil flag, at sea, national and civil ensign.

Colour approximate specifications (as given in Album des Pavillons [pay00]):

• Red: Pantone 186 c / CMYK (%) C 0 - M 90 - Y 80 - K 5
• Green: Pantone 348c / CMYK (%) C 100 - M 0 - Y 80 - K 25

On this page:

• Origin of the flag of the Maldives
• National symbols of the Maldives
• Naval ensign
• War flag

See also:

• Maldives: Index of all related pages

Origin of the flag of the Maldives

The flag of the Maldives was originally a plain red flag. Later, a band of black and white stripes were placed in the hoist.

By the early part of this century, Prime Minister Amir Abdul Majid Didi had introduced the green panel and white crescent to the flags of the Maldives. Until 1949, the horns of the crescent would point towards the hoist.

Upon the independence of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) in 1949, the Maldives were a separate administrative entity. A Republic was established fr