Libya
Shape
Africa · Northern Africa
Outline not to scale
About the flag
Libya's flag has three horizontal stripes of red, black and green, with a white crescent and star in the black stripe; the black stripe is twice the height of the others. It was first adopted at independence in 1951, replaced in 1977 by a plain green flag, and restored in 2011.
Often confused with
Only the names are similar: Liberia is in West Africa, and its flag has red and white stripes with a single star.
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