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The following is a list of flags and banners related with Algeria.
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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1962–present |
A vertical bicolor of green and white with the red
crescent encircling the red five-pointed star centered along the dividing line.
[1]
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National flag (vertical)
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Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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current
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1962–present |
Presidential flag of Algeria |
A vertical bicolor of green and white with the red crescent encircling the red five-pointed star centered along the dividing line with Arabic scripts written in gold upwards and downwards.
[2]
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former
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1955–1956 |
Flag of
Governor-General
Jacques Soustelle |
A vertical tricolour of blue, white, and red with the
coat of arms of Jacques Soustelle in the center. The shield depicts a lion, a reference to
Lyon, Soustelle's birthplace, the
cross of Lorraine signifying his affiliation with
Free France, seven stars representing the rank of Governor General, a crescent moon as the symbol of Algeria, and the initials J and S.
| |
1848–1854 |
Flag of
Governor-General
Aimable Pélissier |
A white swallowtailed banner with a red and blue border and an Arabic script written in blue and red upwards and downwards. The text means "Peace to those who submit - the sand for the unsubdued ones".
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?–1837 |
Flag of
Bey of Constantine |
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18th century |
Flag of
Dey of Algiers |
A red flag rounded at the ends with a thin, yellow
pile reaching halfway up the field.
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Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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former
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1516–1830 |
Land forces Flags (
Odjak of Algiers) |
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Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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current
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2004–present |
Naval ensign of Algeria |
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Naval jack of Algeria |
The national flag in the canton on a light blue field.
[7]
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?–present |
Flag of the Commander of a Maritime Region |
Triangular white flag with a light blue anchor in the middle.
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former
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1987–2004 |
Naval ensign of Algeria |
A vertical bicolor of green and white with the red crescent encircling the red five-pointed star centered along the dividing line and red crossed fouled anchors in the canton.
[6]
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A vertical bicolor of green and white with the red crescent encircling the red five-pointed star centered along the dividing line and red crossed fouled anchors in the canton.
[8]
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Rank flag of the
Chief of Staff of the Naval Forces |
A blue
swallowtail flag with a yellow anchor in the center and two red ones in the canton.
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Rank flag of a
flag officer of the Naval Forces |
A blue
swallowtail flag with a white anchor in the center and two red ones in the canton.
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16th–18th century |
Flag of the official in charge of the fleet. |
||
16th–early 19th century |
Naval flag seen on Algerian ships, including
privateers. |
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A red field with skull.
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18th–early 19th century |
A red flag with a yellow stripe with a red crescent.
|
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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former
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after 1848–1910 |
The flag consists of 7 horizontal stripes, 3 white, 2 blue and 2 red. The colors are identical to the
French national flag, and the form resembles flags from the
Regency times The exact rules and years of use of this flag are unknown.
[12]
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16th–18th century |
One of the types of merchant flags of
Regency of Algiers |
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The flag consists of 5 horizontal stripes, 2 red, 2 yellow and 1 green
[10]
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Horizontal bisection with white above black.
[10]
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Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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current
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?–present |
Flag of the
Directorate General for National Security. |
A navy blue flag with a white formation emblem, the national emblem is included in the formation emblem.
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Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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current
| |||
?–present |
Flag of the
Algerian Muslim Scouts. |
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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Independence movement
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1930s-1963 |
One of many variants of the flag used before it was standardized |
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1940s–1960s |
One of many variants of the flag used by Algierian nationalists before gaining independence. |
||
1945 |
Flag of the
Sétif revolt |
A Horizontal Bicolour of White and Green with a red hand, a crescent moon, a 6 pointed star and an Arabic script written in red in the canton. The script reads Allahu Akbar ("God is great").
[15]
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1940s |
Flag of Algerian nationalists from
Democratic Union of the Algerian Manifesto. |
A horizontal tricolour of green (top), white and green with a red
hamsa and a red crescent moon.
| |
A horizontal tricolour of green (top), white and green with a yellow hamsa.
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Resistance to the
French conquest of Algeria
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1832–1847 |
Flag of the
Emirate of Abdelkader |
A horizontal tricolour of green (top), white and green centered with a golden
hamsa cricled by an Arabic script.
| |
1830s–1840s |
Regimental flag of the
Emirate of Abdelkader |
Yellow-black-yellow tricolor, with hamses placed on all stripes, respectively from the top, at the hoist, in the middle and on the flying side.
| |
The flag captured by the French with the
Emir's tent |
A red flag with blue lines, horizontally in the middle and vertically along the hoist.
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pre 1843 |
The flag captured by the French |
Red-green-red tricolor.
| |
1850s |
Flag used by
Sherif Boubaghla and
Lalla Fatma N'Soumer |
4 horizontal stripes of blue, green, yellow and white.
| |
1516–1830 |
Flags of the
Regency of Algiers |
Various versions of the flag with red, yellow and green stripes
| |
17th century–1830 |
Army flag of
Regency of Algiers |
A horizontal triband of red (top), green and red with 2 crossed swords in the lower red band.
| |
1516–1546 |
Flag of
Barbarossa |
A green swallowtailed field with 2 crossed swords in the center, a 6-pointed pentagram in the fly, 4 crescent moons in each corner and the Shahada or Muslim creed written in the Thuluth script in white in the hoist side.
| |
18th–19th century |
Banner of the
House of Mokrani |
A white field with an Arabic script written in gold in the center. The text means "Help comes from God, and victory is near".
[16]
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1871 |
Banner used during
Boumezrag El Mokrani's meeting with
Napoleon III. |
A white field with an Arabic script written in gold in the center and 5
Fleur-de-lis on the hoist side.
[17]
[18]
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18th–mid–19th century |
Flag of the
Kingdom of Beni Abbas |
A horizontal triband of red (top), green and red with an Arabic script written in gold in the center. The text means "God is the best helper".
[19]
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1850s |
Flag captured by the French army in the
Djurdjura mountains during the conquest of Algeria and attributed to the
kingdom of Kuku, but may also originate from Aït Abbas.
[20] |
A red field with white hamsa in the center and four crescent moons in the corners.
| |
14th century |
Banner of the
Hafsid Emirate of Béjaïa |
Red banner with golden
crossbows shown by the
Castilian
Book of Knowledge of All Kingdoms,
Aragonian
Catalan Atlas and many medieval
portolan charts. Different sources show different shapes.
| |
early 14th century–1556 |
The most popular version of banner of the
Kingdom of Tlemcen according to Iberian sources |
A white field with a blue crescent moon in the center.
[21]
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14th century |
Flag of the
Kingdom of Tlemcen according to
Book of Knowledge of All Kingdoms
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c. 1489 |
Flag of the
Kingdom of Tlemcen on
Albino de Canepas' map. |
Blue field with white crescent moon in the center.
| |
13th–early 14th century |
A white field with a red crescent moon in the center and 3 fringes on the fly.
[21]
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A white field with a red key and crescent moon in the center and 3 fringes on the fly.
[21]
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14th century |
Flag of Brischan
fr, according to
Book of Knowledge of All Kingdoms |
A white flag with the black
seal of Solomon. In the Middle Ages it was an important port of the kingdom of Tlemcen ruled by a council of sheikhs, it is now a ruin near
Gouraya.
[22]
[23]
[24]
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Other
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14th century |
Horizontal white and yellow bicolour.
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A white flag with the black crescent moon.
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Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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1962 |
Proposed flag of French Algeria |
A vertical bicolor of green and white with the red crescent encircling the red five-pointed star centered along the dividing line which is on the hoist side with the
French tricolour upwards the fly side.
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Flag | Date | Party | Description |
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current
| |||
1989–present |
Blue flag with the party logo.
[25]
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2001–present |
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1953–present |
The flag consists of the
Black Standard with a white text of the
Shahada emblazoned across it in
calligraphy style writing.
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Former
| |||
1989–1992 |
Red flag with white logo of the ISF, with the groups name in Arabic (الجبهة الإسلامية للإنقاذ) across it. The writing in the box above the logo is from
Surah 'Ali `Imran [3:103] of the
Quran. (وكنتم على شفا حفرة من النار فأنقذكم منها). Writing at the bottom of the logo states الجبهة الإسلامية الموحدة (en: United Islamic Front).
[26]
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1947–1966 |
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1920–1962 |
A
red flag with a white
hammer and sickle and the slogan "Pain, Paix, Liberté" (en: Bread, Peace, Liberty).
[27]
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Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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1997–present |
Flag of the
Amazigh people |
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?–present |
Flag of the
Chaoui people |
A yellow field with a black letter "z" (ⵣ in
Tifinagh) in the center.
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Flag | Date | Use | Description |
---|---|---|---|
2023–present |
Flag of the
Algerian Red Crescent |
Red Crescent surrounded by the association's names written in Arabic at the top and
English at the bottom.
| |
1957-2023 |
Red Crescent surrounded by the association's names written in Arabic at the top and
French at the bottom.
|
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
---|---|---|---|
?–present |
Flag of the
Algérie Poste |
White flag with logo.
| |
Flag of the
Naftal |
Yellow flag with logo.
| ||
Flag of the
Sonatrach |
Orange flag with logo.
|
Flag | Date | Party | Description |
---|---|---|---|
21th century |
A yellow field with a black letter "z" (ⵣ in
Tifinagh) in the center. The symbolism clearly refers to the
Berber flag, which was popularized during the
Berber Spring in 1980, i.e. after the dissolution of the confederation.
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? |
Alleged personal standard of
Emir Abdelkader. |
The flag was considered to be the emir's personal banner in the
French Army Museum, but it may have been confused with
Samori Ture.
[28]
| |
19th century |
Erroneous flag of French Algeria |
A blue flag with the French tricolor in the canton. Some sources suggest its use in the Algiers Pavilion at the Exposition Universelle in Paris in 1900, but this is not certain. [29] | |
17th century |
The banner of the
Dey of Algiers according to the erroneous description of a 17th century French traveler. |
A green flag with a yellow crescent.
[30]
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Burgee | Flag | Club |
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Sport Nautique d'Alger | ||
Sport Nautique de Philippeville |
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