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Flag Libya, in 36 editions.
The entry for Libya published Flag in 36 editions of 36, from 1990 to 2025. The text changed in 8 editions. Each is shown as published. Flag in every entry.
- editions changed the text
- 8
- 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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2025 edition
Changed since 2024The same text in 4 editions, 1990 to 1993.
plain green; green is the traditional color of Islam (the state religion)
plain green; green is the traditional color of Islam (the state religion)
The same text in 1994 and 1995.
plain green; green is the traditional color of Islam (the state religion)
plain green; green is the traditional color of Islam (the state
religion)
plain green; green is the traditional color of Islam (the state religion)
plain green; green is the traditional color of Islam (the state
state religion)
The same text in 1997 and 1998.
Published as “Flag description”
plain green; green is the traditional color of Islam (the state religion)
plain green; green is the traditional color of Islam (the
(the state religion)
Published as “Flag description”
plain green; green is the traditional color of Islam (the state religion)
plain green; green is the traditional color of Islam
Islam (the state religion)
The same text in 11 editions, 2000 to 2010.
Published as “Flag description”
plain green; green is the traditional color of Islam (the state religion)
plain green; green is the traditional color of
Published as “Flag description”
- three horizontal bands of red (top), black (double width), and green with a white crescent and star centered on the black stripe;
- the National Transitional Council reintroduced this flag design of the former Kingdom of Libya (1951-1969) on 27 February 2011;
- it replaced the former all-green banner promulgated by the QADHAFI regime in 1977;
- the colors represent the three major regions of the country: red stands for Fezzan , black symbolizes Cyrenaica, and green denotes Tripolitania;
- the crescent and star represent Islam, the main religion of the country
Rewritten: too little of the 2010 text remains to mark the changes.
three horizontal bands of red (top), black (double width), and green with a white crescent and star centered on the black stripe; the National Transitional Council reintroduced this flag design of the former Kingdom of Libya (1951-1969) on 27 February 2011; it replaced the former all-green banner promulgated by the QADHAFI regime in 1977; the colors represent the three major regions of the country: red stands for Fezzan , black symbolizes Cyrenaica, and green denotes Tripolitania; the crescent and star represent Islam, the main religion of the country
The same text in 13 editions, 2012 to 2024.
Published as “Flag description”
- three horizontal bands of red (top), black (double width), and green with a white crescent and star centered on the black stripe;
- the National Transitional Council reintroduced this flag design of the former Kingdom of Libya (1951-1969) on 27 February 2011;
- it replaced the former all-green banner promulgated by the QADHAFI regime in 1977;
- the colors represent the three major regions of the country: red stands for Fezzan, black symbolizes Cyrenaica, and green denotes Tripolitania;
- the crescent and star represent Islam, the main religion of the country
three horizontal bands of red (top), black (double width), and green with a white crescent and star centered on the black stripe; the National Transitional Council reintroduced this flag design of the former Kingdom of Libya (1951-1969) on 27 February 2011; it replaced the former all-green banner promulgated by the QADHAFI regime in 1977; the colors represent the three major regions of the country: red stands for Fezzan , Fezzan, black symbolizes Cyrenaica, and green denotes Tripolitania; the crescent and star represent Islam, the main religion of the country
- description:
- three horizontal bands of red (top), black (double-width), and green, with a white crescent and star centered on the black stripe
- meaning:
- the colors represent the three major regions of the country: red stands for Fezzan, black for Cyrenaica, and green for Tripolitania; the crescent and star represent Islam
- history:
- the National Transitional Council reintroduced this flag design from the former Kingdom of Libya (1951-69) in 2011 to replace the all-green banner of the QADHAFI regime
description: three horizontal bands of red (top), black (double width), (double-width), and green green, with a white crescent and star centered on the black stripe; the National Transitional Council reintroduced this flag design of the former Kingdom of Libya (1951-1969) on 27 February 2011; it replaced the former all-green banner promulgated by the QADHAFI regime in 1977; stripe
meaning: the colors represent the three major regions of the country: red stands for Fezzan, black symbolizes for Cyrenaica, and green denotes for Tripolitania; the crescent and star represent Islam, Islam
history: the main religion National Transitional Council reintroduced this flag design from the former Kingdom of Libya (1951-69) in 2011 to replace the country all-green banner of the QADHAFI regime
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Central Intelligence Agency. “Libya: Flag.” The World Factbook, 1990–2025 editions. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/libya/flag.