Algerian Flag History

By Amalia Diklak


With the decline of the local Berber dynasties in the 15th and 16th centuries, the valuable coastal strip of north Africa (known because of the Berbers as the Barbary coast) attracts the attention of the two most powerful Mediterranean states of the time - Spain in the west, Turkey in the east.

Algeria became a colony of France shortly after French military forces invaded the country in 1830 and, for most of the succeeding 130 years, it was a fully-fledged department of the French Republic. During this period significant numbers of people emigrated from France to live in Algeria's cities; in some cases they actually outnumbered the locals and became the majority.

The Algerian flag consists of two equal parts; the left side with a green shade and a white shade on the right. The center of the flag displays red star inside a red crescent. The color green signifies the nature's beauty; the color white, peace; the color red, the blood of those who were killed fighting for freedom; and the star and crescent moon represents Islam faith.

The Algerian banner was received on July 3, 1962. The same outline of the banner was additionally used when the legislature was in exile from 1958 to 1962. The main distinction between the banner today and the banner back on Algeria's exile days were the white part of the banner is obviously greater than the green one. The banner outline was roused in the standard by Emir Abdel Kadir in the 1900s.

It consisted two equal vertical bands which were green and white. The flag that was used from the 16th to the 19th century was also the inspiration of the current flag of Algeria. The history of the flag is still not clear to people because it was told that the creation of the flag was in 1928 by Messali Hadj. He was a nationalist leader. The white, green and red, with the star and the crescent, have been used by almost all countries with Islam beliefs.

Regardless of the way that Algeria Flag has a crescent moon and the red star that suggests the religion of Islam, which is extensively used by the countries with the said certainty, the proportioned green band on the left half of the pennant and the white on the right half of the flag are the choosing part for the pennant. For the special events, the Flag Company Inc invented beautiful decals for the history support.




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