Flag of Tajikistan
Horizontal stripes of red, white and green, with the white stripe one and a half times as wide as the others. On the white is a gold crown under an arc of seven gold stars.
What the flag means
Tajikistan's embassy in Belgium has given red as the unity of the republic and its brotherhood with other nations, white as cotton and mountain snow, and green as the valleys. The crown plays on a folk derivation of the name Tajik from taj, Persian for 'crown'. Seven has a special place in Persian tradition.
History
Adopted on 24 November 1992, the flag replaced the 1953 flag of the Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic but kept its red, white and green. It was designed by Zuhur Habibullaev. Tajikistan was the last former Soviet republic to adopt a new flag. The civil flag leaves out the crown and stars.
The 165-metre flagpole in Dushanbe, begun on Flag Day 2010, was the tallest in the world from 2011 until 2014.
Earlier flags of Tajikistan
- 1953–1991Tajik SSR flag: red with white and green stripes, hammer, sickle and star
Flags that look like this one
Hungary is red, white, green from the top. Bulgaria is white, green, red. Iran is green, white, red with a red emblem. Tajikistan is red, white, green with a gold crown and stars.
Flags of Tajikistan's neighbours
Sources
- Wikipedia: Flag of Tajikistan
- Flags of the World: Tajikistan
Last reviewed 24 October 2026. Read how we research flags in our editorial policy, or report a mistake.
