Mauritania
Shape
Africa · Western Africa
Outline not to scale
About the flag
Mauritania's flag is green with a gold crescent and star in the centre and a red stripe along the top and bottom. Green and the crescent and star represent Islam, gold the Sahara sands, and the red stripes, added in 2017, the blood shed defending the country.
Often confused with
Only the names are similar: Mauritius is an island nation in the Indian Ocean, and its flag has four stripes of red, blue, yellow and green.
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