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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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2011 edition

Same as 2010

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The same text in 5 editions, 2010 to 2014.

Published as “Flag description”

  • three equal horizontal bands of green (top), yellow, and red, with a yellow pentagram and single yellow rays emanating from the angles between the points on a light blue disk centered on the three bands;
  • green represents hope and the fertility of the land, yellow symbolizes justice and harmony, while red stands for sacrifice and heroism in the defense of the land;
  • the blue of the disk symbolizes peace and the pentagram represents the unity and equality of the nationalities and peoples of Ethiopia

note: Ethiopia is the oldest independent country in Africa, and the three main colors of her flag (adopted ca. 1895) were so often adopted by other African countries upon independence that they became known as the Pan-African colors; the emblem in the center of the current flag was added in 1996

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

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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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