Capital

Beirut

Continent

Asia

Flag adopted

1943

Designer

Not individually credited

Lebanon

Colors and meaning

• Red #EE161F

  Sacrifice and the blood of martyrs

• White #FFFFFF

  Peace and purity, and the snow of Mount Lebanon

Symbolism and history

A green cedar tree, the Cedar of Lebanon referenced throughout the Hebrew Bible and a national symbol for centuries, centers a white band between red bands, adopted the year Lebanon gained independence from France.

No documented visual overlap

Lebanon’s design isn’t a close visual match for any other current national flag. A few more flags from Asia, for browsing:

• Azerbaijan
• Bahrain
• Bangladesh

Further reading: Flag of Lebanon on Wikipedia