Flags and banners of all kinds have been produced over the years using a variety of different materials. School banners for example, are commonly displayed from objects of all kinds within schools. Flags are flown from tall and small commercial and residential flag poles. Interestingly, most countries in the world have their respective flag that is used for purposes of signaling as well as identification, including Libya.
The Libyan flag is the only national flag in the world that displays a color only. The flag displays the green color and is manufactured in a proportion of 1:2. No other detail is displayed on this very unique and fascinating “historical” flag.
Going back even further than 1977, the flag of that time was colored red, black and green, and showed a crescent with a star in the center part. Following the Libyan revolution, which started in ’69, the national changed. The so called Arab Liberation flag, a tricolor type flag, was attached to steel and aluminum flag poles, the colors being red, white and black. The current national flag was officially adopted in ’77, soon after the country left the Federation of Arab Republics. It is said that the green color represents the people’s commitment to the religion of Islam.
Libya is considered the 4th largest country in terms of area in Africa, and the seventeenth largest in the world today. Its capitol counts roughly 1.8 million people, about 25% of the country population. Even though it has been independent since ’51, the country has been under rule of Muammar al-Gaddafi, who came to power through military means.
Back in ’77, the country’s official name was changed. Today it’s officially referred to as the “Great Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya,” a real mouthful. The color green as displayed on the Libyan flag that is attached to flag poles of all kinds throughout the world in our day is considered the traditional color of the religion of Islam, the country’s predominant religion.