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- Capital
- Tashkent
- Continent
- Asia
- Flag adopted
- 1991
- Designer
- Not individually credited
Uzbekistan
Colors and meaning
Blue #0099B5
The sky and water, and Uzbekistan's Timurid-era heritage
White #FFFFFF
Peace and moral purity
Green #1EB53A
Nature and fertility
Symbolism and history
A crescent moon and twelve stars, one per month of the Islamic calendar, sit on a blue band above white-fimbriated red lines and a green band, adopted shortly after independence from the Soviet Union in 1991.
No documented visual overlap
Uzbekistan’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 Uzbekistan on Wikipedia