List of Somaliland flags

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Here is the list of Somaliland flags

National Flags


Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1996- Present	National Flag of Somaliland	A horizontal tricolour of green, white, and red with the Shahada inscribed in black on the green stripe, and a black five-pointed star in the center.

Governmental Flags


Flag	Date	Use	Description
	?-Present	Presidential Standard of Somaliland	Same as the regular flag, except with a white monocolour version of the Emblem of Somaliland in the canton.

Police Flags


Flag	Date	Use	Description
	?- Present	Flag of Somaliland Police Force	A flag Dark blue background with an emblem of Somaliland Police Force in white color
	?- Present	Flag of Chief of staff of Somaliland Police Force	Same flag but it has a golden border in all four sides

Military Flags


Date	Use	Description
?-Present	Flag of Somaliland Armed Forces	A flag in c-type, red background color, have an emblem of Somaliland Armed Forces and have a Somaliland flag as a canton
?-Present	Flag of Somaliland National Army	Green field with emblem of the army in gold.
?-Present	Flag of Chief of Staff of Somaliland National Army	Green field with emblem of the army in gold.
?-Present	Flag of Somaliland Coast Guard	Blue field with the Coast Guard emblem in the center.

Historical Flags


Date	Use	Description
1903-1950	Flag of British Somaliland	A Blue Ensign with a white disc bearing a kudu head.
1950-1952	Flag of British Somaliland	Blue Ensign with a white disc showing a kudu head, surrounded by a green border.
1952-1960	Flag of British Somaliland	Blue Ensign with a white disc showing a kudu head and a red St. George's cross in the hoist.
1960-1991	Flag of Somalia	Light blue field with a white five-pointed star in the center. Used after union with Italian Somaliland.
1991-1996	Flag of Somalia (used in Somaliland)	Same as Somalia's flag, used locally before Somaliland adopted its own distinct flag.

Proposal Flags


Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1991	Proposal 1

References

Sources

Drysdale, John. Somaliland: The Anatomy of Secession. Haan Associates, 1992.
Lewis, I. M. A Modern History of the Somali: Nation and State in the Horn of Africa. Ohio University Press, 2002.
Harper, Mary. Getting Somalia Wrong? Faith, War and Hope in a Shattered State. Zed Books, 2012.
Somalia and Somaliland vexillology at Flags of the World^[1]

Citations

↑ "CRW Flags Inc. Store in Glen Burnie, Maryland". www.crwflags.com. Retrieved 2025-09-18.

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