Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina - Definition and Overview

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The current national flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina (
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) was adopted on February 4, 1998 replacing a different flag that served as flag from independence.

The flag contains a wide medium blue vertical band on the fly side with a yellow isosceles triangle abutting the band and the top of the flag. The remainder of the flag is medium blue with seven full five-pointed white stars and two half stars top and bottom along the hypotenuse of the triangle.

Originally the flag was to use UN Blue but was changed to a darker blue to correspond with the EU flag.

The three points of the triangle stand for the three-nation theory of Bosnia (Croats, Bosniaks, and Serbs). The stars, representing Europe, are meant to be infinite in number and thus they continue from top to bottom.

Previous flags

Socialist Republic Bosnia and Herzegovina

Independent flag has fleur-de-lys, a symbol deemed somewhat too specific to the Bosniaks, which is why it was replaced.