Flag of Libya
Officially State of Libya
Locally Lībiyā · ليبيا
What the flag looks like
Three horizontal stripes of red, black and green, the black stripe twice as tall as the others, with a white crescent and five-pointed star in the center.
What it means
The stripes recall the historic regions of Fezzan (red), Cyrenaica (black) and Tripolitania (green); the crescent and star represent Islam.
How to remember it
Libya's
broad black middle band carries a white crescent and star between thin red and green stripes.
Fun facts
- The flag was first used under the monarchy from 1951 and readopted in 2011, replacing the plain green flag used from 1977.
- From 1977 to 2011 Libya's plain green flag was the only national flag with a single color and no design.
Libya at a glance
- Capital
- Tripoli
- Region
- Northern Africa
- Population
- 7.4 million
- Area
- 1,759,540 km²
- Languages
- Arabic
- Currency
- Libyan dinar (ل.د)
- Flag adopted
- 2011