- Flag of Adjara
The flag of
Adjara displays seven dark blue and white stripes, with the national flag of Georgia shown in canton. The dark blue stripes symbolize theBlack Sea and the white stripes symbolize purity. The flag was adopted on20 July 2004 by the Supreme Council of Adjara.Former flags
Between June 2000 and July 2004, a different flag was used by the government of
Aslan Abashidze . The blue background represents theBlack Sea , while the seven stars represent Ajaria's two cities (Batumi andKobuleti ) and five districts (Batumi, Kobuleti, Keda,Shuakhevi ,Khulo ).Under the
Soviet Union , the Ajarian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (AASSR) had its own flag between 1921-1950 and again between 1978 and 1991. This consisted of a motif very similar to that of the parentGeorgian Soviet Socialist Republic , plus the initials of the AASSR in Georgian.Source
* [http://www.fahnenversand.de/fotw/flags/ge-ad.html Flags of the World]
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