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Flag Eritrea, in 33 editions.

The entry for Eritrea published Flag in 33 editions of 33, from 1993 to 2025. The text changed in 9 editions. Each is shown as published. Flag in every entry.

editions changed the text
9
the first edition with it
1993
the latest edition with it
2025

Published as “Flag” (1993 to 2025) and “Flag description” (1997 to 2024).

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2025 edition

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description:
  • a red isosceles triangle (based on the left side) divides the flag into two right triangles;
  • the upper triangle is green, the lower is blue;
  • a gold wreath around a gold olive branch is on the left side of the red triangle
meaning:
  • green stands for the country's agriculture economy, red for the blood shed in the fight for freedom, and blue for the sea's bounty;
  • the shape of the red triangle mimics the country's shape

note: one of four national flags that reflect the country's shape in the flag design; the others are Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, and Vanuatu

description: a red isosceles triangle (based on the hoist left side) dividing divides the flag into two right triangles; the upper triangle is green, the lower one is blue; a gold wreath encircling around a gold olive branch is centered on the hoist left side of the red triangle; triangle
meaning:
green stands for the country's agriculture economy, red signifies for the blood shed in the fight for freedom, and blue symbolizes the bounty of the sea; the wreath-olive branch symbol is similar to that on for the first flag of Eritrea from 1952; sea's bounty; the shape of the red triangle broadly mimics the country's shape of the country
note: one of several four national flags where a prominent component of the design reflects that reflect the country's shape of in the country; other such flags flag design; the others are those of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, and Vanuatu

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Central Intelligence Agency. “Eritrea: Flag.” The World Factbook, 1993–2025 editions. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/eritrea/flag.

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