Kazakhstan flag

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The national flag of Kazakhstan was adopted on June 4, 1992. It consists of a sky-blue cloth depicting a steppe eagle, the sun (gold) with 32 rays in the center and a gold stamping near the edge closest to the neck.

The print represents the art and cultural traditions of the Kazakh people. The light blue background color of the flag alludes to the various Turkic peoples that make up the current population of the country (which includes, among others, populations of Tatar, Mongolian and Uyghur origin). For those towns, the light blue color was endowed with religious symbolism and represented the god Gök-Tanry, although currently the color of the flag is interpreted as the symbol of the clear sky that can be seen in the country and the freedom of its people.

The golden eagle is a symbol associated with the empire of Genghis Khan who ruled Kazakhstan under a blue banner with an eagle-like figure.

The flag of Kazakhstan also has an ornamental figure called koshkar-muiz, which means ram's horns. This gold-colored figure is located closest to the pole and symbolizes the art and culture of the people of Kazakhstan.

The word Kazakh is derived from an old Turkic word for "independent, a free spirit." It is the result of the Kazakhs with their ancient horse nomadic culture. In Old Persian, the suffix -stan means "earth" or "place of", so "Kazakhstan" means "land of the Kazakhs".