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Flag Kosovo, in 18 editions.

The entry for Kosovo published Flag in 18 editions of 18, from 2008 to 2025. The text changed in 3 editions. Each is shown as published. Flag in every entry.

editions changed the text
3
the first edition with it
2008
the latest edition with it
2025

Published as “Flag description” (2008 to 2024) and “Flag” (2025).

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2025 edition

Changed since 2024

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description:
a dark blue field with a gold-colored silhouette of Kosovo in the center, with six five-pointed white stars in a slight arc over it
meaning:
each star represents one of the major ethnic groups of Kosovo: Albanians, Serbs, Turks, Gorani, Roma, and Bosniaks

note: one of two national flags that uses a map as a design element; the flag of Cyprus is the other

centered on description: a dark blue field is with a gold-colored silhouette of Kosovo surmounted by in the center, with six white, five-pointed white stars arrayed in a slight arc; arc over it
meaning:
each star represents one of the major ethnic groups of Kosovo: Albanians, Serbs, Turks, Gorani, Roma, and Bosniaks
note: one of only two national flags that uses a map as a design element; the flag of Cyprus is the other

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Central Intelligence Agency. “Kosovo: Flag.” The World Factbook, 2008–2025 editions. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/kosovo/flag.

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