Flag of Turkmenistan
Locally Türkmenistan
What the flag looks like
A green field with a vertical red stripe near the hoist containing five traditional carpet patterns (guls) stacked above two crossed olive branches, and a white crescent with five white stars in the upper hoist of the green.
What it means
Green represents Islam, the five guls the five main Turkmen tribes, the olive branches the country's neutrality, and the five stars the provinces.
How to remember it
Turkmenistan
has a carpet on its flag: a red strip of five woven rug patterns down the hoist of a green flag with a crescent and five stars.
Fun facts
- It is often called the most intricate national flag because of its detailed carpet designs.
- The Darvaza gas crater, nicknamed the "Door to Hell", has been burning in the Karakum Desert since 1971.
Turkmenistan at a glance
- Capital
- Ashgabat
- Region
- Central Asia
- Population
- 7.5 million
- Area
- 488,100 km²
- Languages
- Russian, Turkmen
- Currency
- Turkmenistan manat (m)
- Flag adopted
- 2001