What is Flag of Azerbaijan?
{{Infobox flag |Name = Azerbaijan |Article = |Image = Flag of Azerbaijan.svg |Use = 100000 |Symbol = |Proportion = 1:2 |Adoption = 1918, with modifications in 1991 |Design = A horizontal [[tricolour|tricolor]] of [[blue]], [[red]] and [[green]] |Type = National }} The '''[[flag]] of [[Azerbaijan]]''' ({{lang-az|Azərbaycan bayrağı}}) is one of the [[national symbol]]s of Azerbaijan and consists of three equal horizontal bands, from top: blue, red, and green; a white [[crescent]] and an eight-pointed star are centered in the red band.<ref>Complete Flags of The World, 1997, page 172, Dorling Kindersley</ref> The official colours and size were adopted on February 5, 1991.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.un.int/azerbaijan/azerbaijan.php|title=The Permanent Mission of Azerbaijan to the United Nations<!-- Bot generated title -->|publisher=|access-date=2008-10-27|archive-date=2006-05-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060514133828/http://www.un.int/azerbaijan/azerbaijan.php|url-status=dead}}</ref> The flag is used on land as the civil, state and war flag, and at sea as the civil, state and naval ensign and naval jack. The specific shades of the national flag were laid out in a 2004 law.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.meclis.gov.az/qanunlar/qanun_l1.php?id=607&idk=1 |title=New Page 1 |access-date=2008-10-27 |archive-date=2007-09-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928061928/http://www.meclis.gov.az/qanunlar/qanun_l1.php?id=607&idk=1 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The Cyan blue color at the top of the flag stands for Azerbaijan’s [[Turkic peoples|Turkic]] heritage, the red in the middle stands for Azerbaijan’s desire to create a modern society and the green at the bottom of the flag symbolizes Azerbaijan’s [[Islamic world|Islamic]] civilization. <ref>{{Cite web|title=State Symbols » AZERBAIJAN » Official web-site of President of Azerbaijan Republic|url=https://president.az/en/pages/view/azerbaijan/symbols|access-date=2024-06-23|website=president.az|language=en}}</ref> The eight point star on Azerbaijan’s f