Turkmenistan flag coloring page
Turkmenistan's flag is green with a red vertical stripe near the pole. The stripe holds five detailed carpet designs, called guls, above two crossed olive branches. A white crescent and five white stars sit beside the stripe. It was introduced in 1992, and a 2:3 version came in 2001.
- Difficulty
- Detailed
- Best for
- Ages 9+
- Capital
- Ashgabat
- Continent
- Asia
- Adopted
- 2001
- Paper
- US Letter and A4
- Use
- Free for home and classroom (terms)
Colors in this flag
Coloring tip: The carpet patterns are very detailed, so let younger children color the red stripe as one block and save the pattern for older ones.
Colors are shown biggest area first.
Flag design: public domain (source file on Wikimedia Commons). Outline by Crayon Pages.
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About the flag of Turkmenistan
What it means: Each of the five carpet guls stands for one of the main Turkmen tribes. No official meaning exists for the colors, crescent or stars, though the stars are often linked to the five provinces.
Did you know? Reading down the red stripe, the carpet patterns belong to the Teke, Yomut, Saryk, Chowdur and Ersari tribes, in their traditional order.
Source: Wikipedia.
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