


However, the blue disk and star appears on many government documents including my visa,ĭeclaration forms, exchange forms, etc. I visited Ethiopia a few months ago (a great country to visit despite theĬan confirm that the vast majority of national flags there are flown without the blue disk and star in the I would say that the "plain" flag is a kind of non-official "civil" flag. The "plain" flag seems to be usually 2:3 in proportion and not Whereas everyone is able to identify correctly a "plain" Ethiopian flag. That the flag with emblem is too complicated and expensive to manufacture, Probably the most widespread Ethiopian flag in general use, no matter what the central symbol was official atĪny given time, is the plain green-yellow-red tricolour. The verticalįlag is simply the horizontal version turned 90 degrees anti-clockwise. Government, version of each flag, they are certainly what the National Olympicįor Ethiopia : PMS 347 green, process yellow, 032 red, 638 blue. So, while these specifications may not be the official, Once this was obtained, the LOCOG produced a 60 x 90 cm version of the flag forįurther approval. London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games (LOCOG) for their approval. Each National OlympicĬommittee was sent an image of their flag, including the PMS shades, by the Provides recommendations for national flag designs. ( Flags and Anthems Manual, London, 2012 )
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The protocol manual for the London 2012 Olympics The pentagram is actually made of five Y-shapes, each rotated 72 degrees around the centre of the star to make the new one. The disc only just overlaps the top and bottom stripes. The documentīased on information and a picture from the Ethiopian Embassy in Washington DC, To 2/3 of the flag width back in 1996 by this Proclamation. 16/1996.Īccording to this document, the size of the emblem had already changed from 1/2 Online at the website of the University of Minnesota, shows a scan of theįederal Negarit Gazette of 31 October 1996 establishing Proclamation No.Ĥ8/1996 amending the "Flag and Emblem Proclamation" No. If I am reading this right, should the emblem be 2/3rds of the width of the That its circumference curves on the mid-point of the width of both the green TheĮmblem shall be set at the centre of the Flag in such a way

"The Flag shall have the colours: green at the top, yellow at the middle and redĪt the bottom together with a National Emblem of circular blue background. One thing I did notice in Part 3,Īrticle 6, Section 1 regards the National Emblem. When it comes to the construction, some of the information we have is correct.įor example, the ratio is still 1 x 2. Government to document all of the laws recently passed, has a scan of a documentĭated 28 August 2009 which contains the law about theĮthiopian flag, its size and construction. Negarit Gazette, the official publication by the Ethiopian The emblem,Īlso used as the coat of arms, is light blue disk with a diameter approximately half The current flag of Ethiopia was adopted on 06 February 1996Īnd is a green-yellow-red tricolour with the national emblem in the centre. Many AfricanĬountries adopted the colours of the Ethiopian flag on their flags when theyĪchieved independence which, together with black, became known as the After a brief period of Italian occupation during World War II,Įthiopia became a charter member of the United Nations. Retain its independence and was one of only four members of the League of The Scramble for Africa, Ethiopia was one of only two African countries to It is the most populousĮthiopia has been a monarchy for most of its historyĪnd the Ethiopian dynasty traces its roots to the 2nd century BC. Rastafarians on use of the Ethiopian flags by the Rastafarian religionĮthiopia is a land-locked country in the Horn ofĪfrica, bordered by Eritrea in the north,.People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (1974-1991).Keywords: ethiopia | panafrican colors | power | faith | church | peace | wealth | love | land | hope | holy trinity | pentagram | lion |įlag adopted on 06 February 1996, coat of arms (emblem) adopted This page is part of © FOTW Flags Of The World website Ethiopia Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
