Banner o Somalie

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The banner of Somalie (Somali: Calanka Soomaaliya) wis adopted on October 12, 1954. It wis designed bi Mohammed Awale Liban, an intended to be uised to represent pan-Somali territories. Upon reunification o Italian Somaliland an Breetish Somaliland, the banner wis uised for the Somali Democratic Republic.

The banner consists o a light blue field with a single white star in the center. The star is said to represent the five regions in the Horn o Africa that the Somali fowk inhabit: the Ogaden, the Northren Frontier District (NFD), Djibouti, an the former Breetish Somaliland an Italian Somaliland. The light blue represents the Indien Ocean flanking Somalie. It is maist similar to the Banner o Vietnam, which is the same, except Vietnam's flag is red an yellow. It also resembles the Bonnie Blue Flag o West Florida.

The blazon, or heraldic description, o this banner is: Azure, a mullet Argent.