List of Tunisian flags
This is a list of flags, banners and standards used in Tunisia.
National Flag
[edit]Government Flags
[edit]Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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1999–Present | Presidential Flag of Tunisia | A red field with a centered white sun–disc with a golden border containing a red five–pointed star surrounded by a red crescent. A golden Arabic script is located in an upper corner closer to the disc. | |
1987–2011 | 2nd Presidential Flag of Tunisia under Zine El Abidine Ben Ali | A purple ground, superimposed with the white Tughra characters: Jim and Ta. The character Jim in Arabic is the first character of the word Jumhuriyya and the character Ta in Arabic is the first character of the name Tounes. In translation Tunisian Republic. |
Ethnic Group Flags
[edit]Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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?–Present | Flag of The Berbers in Tunisia | A vertical tricolour of green, yellow and red with a red Tifinagh script in the center. |
Municipality Flags
[edit]Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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?–Present | Flag of The City of Sousse | A horizontal bicolour of blue and yellow with the emblem of the city in the center. |
Historical flags
[edit]Hafsid dynasty
[edit]Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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1229–1337 | Flag of The Hafsid dynasty | A red field with a white crescent moon in the center and 3 sestiere on the fly. | |
1424–1550 | Flag of The Hafsid dynasty | A yellow field with a white crescent moon and a 5–pointed star in the center. | |
1550–1574 | Flag of The Hafsid dynasty | A white field with a blue crescent moon in the center and a vertical blue stripe off–centered toward the hoist. |
Spanish Rule
[edit]Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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1535–1570 1573–1574 | Flag of Habsburg Spain | A red saltire resembling two crossed, roughly–pruned (knotted) branches, on a white field. |
Ottoman Rule
[edit]Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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1570–1573 1574–1793 | Flag of the Ottoman Empire | Red field with a green disc in the center and 3 golden crescent moons inside the disc. | |
1793–1837 | Flag of the Ottoman Empire | A red field with a white crescent moon and a 8–pointed star. | |
1574–1705 | Flag of the Ottoman Tunisia | A red field with 3 golden crescent moons off–centered towards the hoist. | |
1705–1827 | Flag of the Ottoman Tunisia | A 5 horizontal striped banner with 2 blue strip, 2 red and 1 green. The right edge of the flag is partially scalloped. | |
1827–1881 | Flag of the Beylik of Tunis | A red field with a centered white sun–disc containing a red five–pointed star surrounded by a red crescent. | |
1827–1881 | Flag of the Bey of Tunis | A 7 horizontal striped banner with 4 red strips, 2 golden and 1 green with 31 6–pointed stars, 24 discs and a 2 pointed sword in the center. |
French Rule
[edit]Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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1881–1885 | Unofficial flag of the French protectorate of Tunisia | A red field with a centered white sun–disc containing a red five–pointed star surrounded by a red crescent with the french tricolour in the canton. | |
1885–1956 | Flag of the French protectorate of Tunisia | A red field with a centered white sun–disc containing a red five–pointed star surrounded by a red crescent. |
Kingdom of Tunisia
[edit]Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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1956–1957 | Flag of the Kingdom of Tunisia | A red field with a centered white sun–disc containing a red five–pointed star surrounded by a red crescent. |
See also
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