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Flag Ethiopia, in 36 editions.

The entry for Ethiopia published Flag in 36 editions of 36, from 1990 to 2025. The text changed in 12 editions. Each is shown as published. Flag in every entry.

editions changed the text
12
the first edition with it
1990
the latest edition with it
2025

Published as “Flag” (1990 to 2025) and “Flag description” (1997 to 2024).

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description:
  • three equal horizontal bands of green (top), yellow, and red, with a light blue disk centered on the three bands;
  • on the disk is a yellow pentagram with single yellow rays emanating from the angles between the points
meaning:
  • green stands for hope and the land's fertility, yellow for justice and harmony, and red for sacrifice and heroism;
  • the blue of the disk symbolizes peace, and the pentagram represents the Ethiopian people's unity and equality
history:
the emblem in the center of the current flag was added in 1996

note: Ethiopia is the oldest independent country in Africa, and newly independent African countries often adopted the Ethiopian flag's colors, which were later known as the Pan-African movement's colors

description: three equal horizontal bands of green (top), yellow, and red, with a light blue disk centered on the three bands; on the disk is a yellow pentagram and with single yellow rays emanating from the angles between the points on a light blue disk centered on the three bands;
meaning:
green represents stands for hope and the fertility of the land, land's fertility, yellow symbolizes for justice and harmony, while and red stands for sacrifice and heroism in the defense of the land; heroism; the blue of the disk symbolizes peace peace, and the pentagram represents the Ethiopian people's unity and equality of
history:
the nationalities and peoples emblem in the center of Ethiopia the current flag was added in 1996
note: Ethiopia is the oldest independent country in Africa, and the three main colors of her flag (adopted ca. 1895) were so often appropriated by other newly independent African countries upon independence that they became often adopted the Ethiopian flag's colors, which were later known as the Pan-African colors; the emblem in the center of the current flag was added in 1996 movement's colors

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Central Intelligence Agency. “Ethiopia: Flag.” The World Factbook, 1990–2025 editions. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/ethiopia/flag.

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