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November 9 1918· Holiday
National Flag Day
On 9 November 1918 the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic adopted the blue, red and green flag with a crescent and eight-pointed star.
Azerbaijan's tricolour was adopted as the state flag by the government of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic on 9 November 1918. Blue stands for Turkic identity, red for modernity and progress, green for Islamic civilisation, and the crescent and eight-pointed star for Turkic-Islamic unity.
Banned in Soviet times, the flag was readopted as the state flag in November 1990 in the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic on the initiative of Heydar Aliyev, and on 5 February 1991 for the whole of Azerbaijan.
State Flag Square
A decree by President Ilham Aliyev of 17 November 2009 declared 9 November State Flag Day. The State Flag Square, which also houses a Flag Museum, opened in Baku in 2010, and a Flag Square opened in Shusha in 2021. On this day flags are raised and celebrations held across the country.
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State Flag Square, 2017 · Stefanopitz / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 
State Flag Square · Patriot Kor / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 
Baku Crystal Hall and State Flag Square · Patriot Kor / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 
State Flag Square · Moonsun1981 / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 
Baku Boulevard and Flag Square · Urek Meniashvili / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 
Opening of the Flag Square in Shusha · Presidential Press and Information Office / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 4.0 
Flag Square in Shusha · Presidential Press and Information Office / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 4.0
Azerbaijan: other days
- January 1New Year's Day
- January 2020 January, Day of National Mourning
- February 26Khojaly Genocide Day
- March 8International Women's Day
- March 21Nowruz
- March 31Day of the Genocide of Azerbaijanis
- May 9Victory Day
- May 28Independence Day
- June 15National Salvation Day
- June 26Armed Forces Day
- July 22National Press Day
- August 1Day of the Azerbaijani Alphabet and Language
- September 18National Music Day
- September 27Remembrance Day
- October 3Founding of the Organization of Turkic States
- October 18Independence Restoration Day
- November 8Victory Day
- November 12Constitution Day
- November 17National Revival Day
- December 31World Azerbaijanis Solidarity Day
- 10 Dhu al-Hijjah in the Islamic calendar — the feast of the Hajj pilgrimage; moves about 11 days earlier each yearEid al-Adha
- 1 Shawwal in the Islamic calendar — the end of the Ramadan fast; moves about 11 days earlier each yearEid al-Fitr