Flag of Somalia
Officially Federal Republic of Somalia
Locally Soomaaliya
What the flag looks like
A light blue field with a large white five-pointed star in the center.
What it means
The blue was inspired by the United Nations flag and represents the sky and ocean; the five points of the star represent the five regions inhabited by Somali people.
How to remember it
Somalia
is a single white star on UN
sky blue, one point for each region where Somalis live.
Fun facts
- The flag was designed in 1954 by Mohammed Awale Liban, while Somalia was a UN trust territory.
- Somalia has the longest coastline of any country on mainland Africa.
Somalia at a glance
- Capital
- Mogadishu
- Region
- Eastern Africa
- Population
- 19 million
- Area
- 637,657 km²
- Languages
- Arabic, Somali
- Currency
- Somali shilling (Sh)
- Flag adopted
- 1954
Flags often confused with Somalia
- Micronesia: Micronesia and Somalia both have white stars on light blue. Somalia has one large star; Micronesia has four small stars in a diamond.