Flag of Uzbekistan
Horizontal stripes of blue, white and green, separated by two thin red lines. A white crescent and twelve white stars are on the blue stripe near the hoist.
What the flag means
The flag has no official symbolism. Common readings take blue as the sky and water, white as peace, green as nature and the red lines as the force of life. The twelve stars are explained either as the months of the year or as the country's regions.
History
Uzbekistan declared independence on 1 September 1991, and a contest for a new flag drew more than 200 entries. The design by Farhod Yo'ldoshev was chosen at an extraordinary session of the Supreme Soviet and adopted on 18 November 1991, under the law On the State Flag of the Republic of Uzbekistan.
Uzbekistan was the first of the newly independent Central Asian republics to adopt a new flag.
Earlier flags of Uzbekistan
- 1952–1991Uzbek SSR flag: red with a white-edged blue stripe, hammer, sickle and star
Flags of Uzbekistan's neighbours
Sources
- Wikipedia: Flag of Uzbekistan
- Flags of the World: Uzbekistan
Last reviewed 24 October 2026. Read how we research flags in our editorial policy, or report a mistake.
