Flag of Comoros

As a flag of Comoros beginning of 2002 a new flag was adopted.

The elements of the old flag, which consisted only of crescent and four white stars on a green background, were taken over in a triangle on the mast. Newly arrived four equally wide horizontal stripes that symbolize the four islands of the Comoros archipelago:

This illustrates the claim of the Comoros to Mayotte, which is a French overseas territory.

The four white stars represent the four islands. The crescent and the color green stand for Islam, the state religion of the Comoros. The flag design was changed frequently even before 2002, the exact alignment of the stars is not fixed. The previous flag of the currently valid flag knew several variants for the position of the word Allah ( الله ) on Obvers, also a variant is also narrated to whether and lapel not differ in the.

• Historical flags

Flag 1975-1978

Flag 1978-1992

Flag 1992-1996

? Flag 1996-2001, Front

Flag 1996-2001, back