somalia flag postcard

The flag of Somalia (Somali: Calanka Soomaaliyaa, Arabic: علم الصومال‎) was adopted on October 12, 1954 and was designed by Mohammed Awale Liban. As an ethnic flag, the five-pointed white Star of Unity in its centre represents the areas where the Somali ethnic group has traditionally resided, namely Djibouti, Somaliland (former British protectorate), the Ogaden region in Ethiopia, the North Eastern Province in Kenya, and Southern Somalia (Italian Somaliland). However, the flag does not represent the all the Somali regions anymore, going from an ethnic flag to national flag of only Somalia. It now officially denotes the sky as well as the Gulf of Aden, Guardafui Channel and the Somali Sea, which flank the country.