🇩🇯 Flag: Djibouti emoji

The flag of Djibouti, a small but strategically important country in the Horn of Africa. The flag features two horizontal stripes (light blue on top, green on bottom) with a white triangle containing a red five-pointed star on the hoist side. Blue represents the sea and sky, green symbolizes the earth and hope, white represents peace, and the red star represents unity and the blood shed for independence.

Djibouti is known for its strategic location at the entrance to the Red Sea, serving as a major shipping hub and hosting military bases from several countries (US, France, China, Japan), extreme heat and volcanic landscapes, salt lakes, and diverse ethnic groups (primarily Somali and Afar). The country serves as a crucial logistics gateway for landlocked Ethiopia.

This emoji is used to represent Djibouti in discussions about Horn of Africa affairs, strategic military locations, Red Sea shipping, geopolitical importance, or when referencing the country's role as an international military hub and gateway to East Africa.

Could also be called Djibouti flag, Djiboutian flag or Horn of Africa flag emoji.

Other meanings

Horn of Africa, strategic location, Red Sea, military bases, shipping hub, East Africa gateway

Example Usage

The strategic location of 🇩🇯 makes it crucial for Red Sea shipping

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Visual description

A rectangular flag with light blue and green horizontal stripes and a white triangle on the left containing a red five-pointed star.

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