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History of the
Algeria flag
The flag was first officially hoisted on 3 July 1962. The flag is said to be a variation of the flag of liberation forces of Abd el-Kader in 1837-1847, but there is no proof of that.
According to "Flags", Dorling Kindersley Ltd., London, 1998, "...the flag was adopted by the National Liberation Front in 1954, based on an older design, created in 1928 by the nationalist leader Messali Hadj. From 1958 - 1962 it was the flag of the provisional government in exile, but was retained when independence was achieved in 1962 and has remained
unchanged ever since."
Meanings of the colors: green for the Islam and white for purity. According to "Lexikon Flaggen und Wappen", Germany, 1990, the white color also reminds of Abd al-Kadir, who used a White flag in his fight against the French in 1847.
Description of the flag
Definition of features of the Algerian flag
The flag of the Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria is constituted by a green and white rectangle embossed by a red star and a red crescent.
Colours
The green must be a composition of equal yellow and blue having, according to the diagram of contrasts of Rood, a wavelength of 5.411 and the position 600 on the normal spectre. The red must be pure, of primary non-decomposable colour, and exempt of blue and yellow having, according to the below-indicated diagram, a wavelength of 6.562 and the position 285 on the normal spectre.
Proportions and disposition
The length of the rectangle is equal to one and half its width (height of the flag). This rectangle is divided according to the small median in two halves. The green colour half is placed inside, against the shaft.
The white colour half is placed outside. The star is to five branches. It is written down in a circle whose radius is equal to the eighth of the height of the flag.
It detaches itself entirely on the white bottom of the flag; two tips are on the small median of the rectangle and a tip on the big median.
The radius of the outside circle of the crescent is equal to the quarter of the height of the flag.
The radius of the interior circle of the crescent is equal to the fifth of the height of the flag. The two tips of the crescent delimit a big equal bow to the five sixth of the circumference of the outside circle.
The centre of the outside circle of the crescent is in the centre of the rectangle.
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