Banner o Djibouti

The naitional banner o Djibouti (French: Drapeau de Djibouti) features twa equal horizontal baunds o blue (top) an green wi a white isosceles triangle based on the hoist side bearin a reid five-pointit starn (representin the auries Somalis live in the region) in the centre. (These five auries are Breetish Somaliland (Somalie), Italian Somaliland (Somalie), French Somaliland (Djibouti), the Ogaden, an the Northren Frontier Destrict.) The colours uised can be seen tae seembolise the earth (green), the sea an sky (blue) an peace (white), wi the reid starn representin unity. It wis hoistit on the day o the unthirldom o Djibouti on 27t Juin 1977. Thare is a reid five-pointit starn on Djibouti's white triangle.

The naitional banner, adoptit in 1977, wis an adaptation o the banner o the Ligue Populaire Africaine pour l'Independence (LPAI) that led Djibouti tae unthirldom. The LPAI banner haed a reid triangle wi a white starn. For the naitional banner, the star wis placed in an upright rather than a slantit poseetion, an the proportions o the banner wur lengthened. The licht blue represents the Issa Somalis, an the green represents the Afar. White, green, an licht blue are the colors o the LPAI. The reid starn signifies the unity o the diverse state.  

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