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- Capital
- Ashgabat
- Continent
- Asia
- Flag adopted
- 1997
- Designer
- Not individually credited
Turkmenistan
Colors and meaning
Green #00843D
Islam, and the color of Turkmen carpets
Red #D22630
The vertical carpet-guls band, representing the country's five major tribal groups
Symbolism and history
A vertical band of five traditional carpet guls (medallion patterns), one per major tribal confederation, runs along the hoist of a green field bearing a crescent and five stars, making it the only national flag to incorporate a traditional textile pattern as its central emblem.
No documented visual overlap
Turkmenistan’s design isn’t a close visual match for any other current national flag. A few more flags from Asia, for browsing:
Further reading: Flag of Turkmenistan on Wikipedia