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The current
Flag of Eritrea was adopted on December 5, 1995, and uses
the basic layout of the flag of the Eritrean People's Liberation
Front, with the wreath with upright olive branch symbol derived
from the 1952 flag.
The flag is
dominated by a red triangle extending from the hoist to the fly
with complementary green and blue triangles above and below.
Green stands for the fertility of the country respectively for
agriculture; blue stands for the ocean and red for the blood
lost in the fight for freedom. In the red triangle a yellow
wreath symbol with 14 leaves on each side derived from the 1952
flag replaces the yellow star of the EPLF flag. The use of
triangles is also important, because reading the flag from left
to right it is important to note that the red shrinks which
represents that in the end Eritrea will see peace and blood will
no longer be spilled for the nation.
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