BAKU, Azerbaijan, November 9. Nationwide Flag Day
in Azerbaijan is widely known on November 9, following a decree
signed by President Ilham Aliyev on November 17, 2009.
The Azerbaijani tricolor was first adopted because the nationwide flag
on November 9, 1918, throughout a gathering of the federal government of the
Azerbaijan Democratic Republic (ADR), which lasted till Could
1920.
After Azerbaijan regained its independence in 1991, the Supreme
Soviet of Azerbaijan declared the tricolor, that includes an
eight-pointed star and crescent, because the State Flag of the Republic
of Azerbaijan on February 5.
In November 2009, an modification was made to Article 105 of the
Labor Code, designating November 9 as Nationwide Flag Day and a
non-working vacation.
The “State Flag of the Republic of Azerbaijan” regulation supplies a
detailed description of the flag.
The flag symbolizes the sovereignty of Azerbaijan and consists
of three horizontal stripes of equal width: a blue stripe on high,
adopted by a pink one, and a inexperienced stripe on the backside. Within the
center of the pink stripe, on each side of the flag, there’s a
white crescent and an eight-pointed star.
On September 1, 2010, President Ilham Aliyev inaugurated the
Nationwide Flag Sq. in Baku. The decree to create the sq. was
signed on November 17, 2007.
To notice, the flag weighs over 500 kilograms, with a width of 36
meters and a size of 72 meters, making it one of many largest
flags on the planet.
On the initiative of President Ilham Aliyev, a Museum of the
State Flag was established on the sq. to additional honor the
flag’s significance.
