Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina
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The flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina 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.
The three points of the triangle are understood to stand for the three nations 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. The flag and features colours often associated with neutrality and peace - white, blue and yellow.
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History
The current flag was introduced on February 4, 1998. It replaced a previous flag that had served since the nation's independence from Yugoslavia. The new flag was introduced by the UN High Representative after the Bosnian parliament could not decide on a solution acceptable to all. The new flag contains no historical or other references to the Bosnian state.
Originally the flag's background was intended to share the light blue hue of the flag of the United Nations, but eventually a darker blue was chosen to correspond with the European flag.
The flag was introduced to the wider world during the Opening Ceremony of the 1998 Winter Olympics.
Previous flags
Independence flag until 1998
Bosnia-Herzegovina's first flag of independence has a fleur-de-lys, a coat of arms taken from the first Bosnian king from 14 century Tvrtko Kotromanic that was deemed too specific to the Bosniaks, which is why it was replaced with the current flag.
During the Yugoslav era
During the Yugoslav era until 1991, the flag was red in colour which represented the socialistic and communistic ideals of BiH and Yugoslavia as whole. In the upper left corner there is the Yugoslav flag with a five pointed red star.
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