Capital

Algiers

Continent

Africa

Flag adopted

1962

Designer

Not individually credited

Algeria

Colors and meaning

• Green #006233

  Islam and fertility of the coastal Tell region

• White #FFFFFF

  Purity and peace

• Red #D21034

  Blood of those who died in the war of independence

Symbolism and history

A red crescent and five-pointed star, both Islamic symbols, sit across the green and white halves. The design was carried by the FLN independence movement before being formally adopted at independence in 1962.

Closest-looking flags

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  Tunisia

  Shares the Maghreb palette of green, white and red with neighboring Tunisia and Morocco, though the layout differs.

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  Morocco

  Shares the Maghreb palette of green, white and red with neighboring Tunisia and Morocco, though the layout differs.

Further reading: Flag of Algeria on Wikipedia