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ETHIOPIA
.ET
Official name:
Democratic Republic
Federal of Ethiopia
*Amharic / የኢትዮጵያ ፌዴራላዊ ዴሞክራሲያዊ ሪፐብሊክ - ye-Ītyō ṗṗ yā Fēdēralāwī Dīmōkrāblīyāwī Rkīpe
Capital: Addis Ababa
Idiom: Amharic, Blunt, Somali and Tigrinya
Form of Government: federal parliamentary republic
Currency: Ethiopian Birr
Demonym: Ethiopian * Ethiopian
Administrative divition: 10 Regions and 2 Cities with special status
FLAG
The current version of the Ethiopian flag was adopted on October 31, 1996. It is made up of three horizontal stripes of equal size: the upper one is green, the middle one is yellow, and the lower one is red. In the central part, occupying the central stripe and part of the outer ones, is the coat of arms of Ethiopia, formed by a blue circle with a golden five-pointed star (like a pentalpha).
The golden five-pointed star on the shield represents equality between men and women, of all ethnic and religious groups. The rays between the points of the star reflect the free, fair and bright future of Ethiopia. The blue color of the emblem symbolizes the desired peace and democracy for the country.
National flag
Ratio: 1 x 2
The meaning of the colors of the flag has varied over time. Currently the green color represents the fertility of the country, the yellow symbolizes religious freedom and the red color evokes those who died defending national integrity.
The pan-African colors - red, green, yellow - are based on the Ethiopian flag, one of the oldest on the African continent. The tricolor scheme of the flag is very old, predating the creation of the banner of the Abyssinian Empire. The three colors also made up the flag created in 1897, a year after the Battle of Adowa, in which the Ethiopians defended themselves against Italian colonial expansionism.
ICONOGRAPHY
Star
MEANING
It represents equality between men and women, between all ethnic and religious groups.
Ray
MEANING
They represent the free, fair and bright future of the country.
CONSTRUCTION
A : 120 | B : 20 | c :30 | D : 60 | E : 20 | F : 16
COLORS
32 %
Green
HEX CODE
# 078930
SYMBOLIZES:
THE FERTILITY OF THE LAND
26 %
Yellow
HEX CODE
# fcdd09
SYMBOLIZES:
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM AND PEACE
32 %
Red
HEX CODE
# da121a
SYMBOLIZES:
THE BLOOD OF THOSE WHO DIED DEFENDING THE INTEGRITY OF THE COUNTRY
10 %
Blue
HEX CODE
# 0f47af
HISTORY
worn earring
by Ethiopia
1881 - 1897
Flag of
Ethiopia
1897 - 1936
Flag of
Ethiopia
1897 - 1936
Flag of
Ethiopia
1897 - 1936
africa flag
Oriental Italian
1936 - 1941
Flag of
Ethiopia
1941 - 1974
Flag of
Ethiopia
1974 - 1975
Flag of
Ethiopia
1975 - 1987
republic flag
People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
1987 - 1991
Flag of
Ethiopia
1991 - 1996
Flag of
Ethiopia
1996 - 2009
REGIONAL FLAGS
flag of the
City of
Addis Ababa
flag of the
City of
Dire Dawa
flag of the
region of
afar
flag of the
region of
amhara
flag of the
region of
Benishangul / Gumaz
flag of the
region of
Gambela
flag of the
region of
harar
flag of the
region of
oromia
flag of the
region of
Ogaden
flag of the
region of
southern towns
flag of the
region of
Tigray
flag of the
region of
sidama
SHIELD
The current version of the coat of arms of Ethiopia was adopted in 2009. It is made up of a blue circle in which there is a golden five-pointed star designed as a pentalpha or variant of the "Seal of Solomon".
The star with five identical points is the symbol of equality between men and women, of all ethnic and religious groups in Ethiopia. The rays that appear between the points of the star reflect the bright future of Ethiopia and the blue color of the background symbolizes the peace and democracy desired for the country.
It is a symbol of modern conception, far from the tradition of the previous Ethiopian emblems, both those immediately prior, of a socialist nature, and those of the imperial era, which had always maintained the sign of the lion.
