On November 9 Azerbaijan celebrates Flag Day. This day was established by the decree of President Ilham Aliyev, November 9, 2009. Then it was decided to build State Flag Square in Baku.
November 9, 1918 the Government of the Azerbaijan National Republic (ANR) for the first time adopted a tricolor (blue, red and green) as the country's flag.
After the fall of ANR in 1920, the Soviet flag was introduced. November 20, 1988 the tricolor of ANR was raised again at a rally in the central square of Baku and became the banner of the national democratic movement.
November 7, 1990 the Supreme Council of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic adopted the flag as the national flag of the autonomy. And soon the tricolor was restored as the national flag of Azerbaijan.
Azerbaijani flag is a flag of three equal horizontal bands of blue, red and green with a crescent and eight-pointed star in the middle.
The blue color is a symbol of Turkism (for the ancient Turkic nations this color symbolized heaven), the red color was a symbol of modernity and modernization, and green symbolized Islam.
November 9 is a non-working day. As this year's Flag Day came on Saturday, the day-off was transferred to Monday. -06D-
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On Thursday, overcast weather is expected in the capital will be overcast, with light rain possible in the morning. There will be a moderate southeast wind. The temperature at night will be between +8 and +10°C, and during the day, it will range from +12 to +15°C. Humidity will be 65-75% both at night and during the day. Precipitation will occur in the eastern part of the country. There may be fog in some areas, with a moderate east wind.
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