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Flag of Somalia

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flag of Somalia (Soomaaliya)

The colors chosen in 1954 take the light blue from the flag of the UN, which controlled the country after the withdrawal of the Italians, and a star whose five points represent the five Somali regions, now separated (Italian Somaliland, French and British and the Somali territories of Ethiopia and Kenya).

Somalia flag was designed by Mohammed Awale Liban

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Graphical characteristics:
Asymmetric, Closed shape, Colorful, Contains straight lines, Has no crossing lines.

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