Liberia
Shape
Africa · Western Africa
Outline not to scale
About the flag
Liberia's flag has eleven red and white horizontal stripes and a blue square in the top corner with a single white star. It is modelled on the flag of the United States, because the country was founded by freed African Americans in the 19th century. The eleven stripes stand for the signatories of its 1847 Declaration of Independence, and the star for Liberia as the first independent republic in Africa.
Often confused with
Malaysia's flag has fourteen stripes and a yellow crescent and star.
The US flag has thirteen stripes and fifty stars.
Only the names are similar: Libya is in North Africa, and its flag is red, black and green with a white crescent.
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