The flag of Puntland is the
state flag
In vexillology, a state flag is either the flag of the government of a sovereign state, or the flag of an individual federated state (subnational administrative division).
Government flag
A state flag is a variant of a national flag (or occasi ...
of
Puntland
Puntland ( so, Puntland, ar, أرض البنط, it, Terra di Punt or ''Paese di Punt''), officially the Puntland State of Somalia ( so, Dowlad Goboleedka Puntland ee Soomaaliya, ar, ولاية أرض البنط الصومالية), is a F ...
, an
autonomous state
An autonomous administrative division (also referred to as an autonomous area, entity, unit, region, subdivision, or territory) is a subnational administrative division or internal territory of a sovereign state that has a degree of autonomy— ...
in northeastern
Somalia
Somalia, , Osmanya script: 𐒈𐒝𐒑𐒛𐒐𐒘𐒕𐒖; ar, الصومال, aṣ-Ṣūmāl officially the Federal Republic of SomaliaThe ''Federal Republic of Somalia'' is the country's name per Article 1 of thProvisional Constituti ...
.
History
Puntland initially used a variation of the
flag of Somalia
The flag of Somalia ( so, Calanka Soomaaliyeed, ar, علم الصومال), also known as the Somali flag, was adopted on October 12, 1954, and was designed by Mohammed Awale Liban. The flag was initially used within the Trust Territory of Soma ...
as its provincial flag. On 22 December 2009, the regional
parliament
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introduced a new state flag. The
flag design was decided on by a commission consisting of government officials and local intellectuals.
Colors and symbolization
The Puntland flag consists of three colors:
white
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,
blue
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and
green
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.
*''Top'': the blue stripe with the white star in the center symbolizes the flag of Somalia
*''Center'': the white stripe in the center represents peace and stability in the region
*''Bottom'': the green stripe symbolizes the natural wealth of the Puntland State of Somalia
Different flags
File:Flag of Somalia.svg, Flag of Puntland used prior to December 2009 (the same as the Flag of Somalia
The flag of Somalia ( so, Calanka Soomaaliyeed, ar, علم الصومال), also known as the Somali flag, was adopted on October 12, 1954, and was designed by Mohammed Awale Liban. The flag was initially used within the Trust Territory of Soma ...
)
File:Puntland State of Somalia Coat of Arms.png, The Coat of arms
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of Puntland
Puntland ( so, Puntland, ar, أرض البنط, it, Terra di Punt or ''Paese di Punt''), officially the Puntland State of Somalia ( so, Dowlad Goboleedka Puntland ee Soomaaliya, ar, ولاية أرض البنط الصومالية), is a F ...
File:Flag of West Puntland.svg, Flag of the recently declared West Puntland
References
Flag of Puntland
Puntland
Flags of Somalia
2009 establishments in Somalia
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