Eritrea 🇪🇷

What is the Flag of Eritrea?

The national flag of Eritrea is a symbol of the country's identity and national pride. It is a tricolor flag featuring a red, blue, and green background. The flag was adopted on December 5, 1995, after Eritrea gained independence.

What Does the Eritrea Flag Look Like?

The flag of Eritrea is dominated by a red isosceles triangle whose base runs down the hoist and whose point reaches the middle of the fly edge. This red triangle divides the flag into two further triangles: a green one across the top and a blue one across the bottom. Centred on the red triangle, towards the hoist, is a gold emblem made up of an olive branch encircled by an olive wreath.

What is the Eritrea Flag Called?

The flag of Eritrea is officially known as the "Lebanese Flag," which is a reference to the country's history as an Italian colony. The flag is also known as the "Red-Blue-Green Flag," and the "Ras Teferi Flag," named after Eritrean patriot Ras Alula, who was the leader of the Eritrean liberation movement.

What Does the Eritrea Flag Represent?

The green triangle stands for the country''s agriculture and livestock, the blue triangle for the bounty of the sea, and the red triangle for the blood shed in the struggle for independence. The gold emblem shows an upright olive branch encircled by a wreath.

Source: Wikipedia, Flag of Eritrea.