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Matruh (Governorate, Egypt)

حورطم

Last modified: 2021-03-06 by ian macdonald
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[Matruh governorate] image located by Ian MacDonald, 27 February 2021
Source: Frank-René Putz, Der Flaggenkurier 51/2020

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The Governorate

Foundation: 1961
Location: Northern part of the Libyan desert, on the Mediterranean
Area: 212,112 km˛
Population: 430,000
Capital: Marsa Matruh
Ian MacDonald, 27 February 2021

The Flags

Aspect ratios of the flags: 2006 and 2016 2:3; 2009 1:2
The flag was changed again in 2016 to light blue, on it the coat of arms in an appropriate, better proportion to the flag in the middle of the same.
Ian MacDonald, 27 February 2021

First Flag

[Matruh governorate] image by Jaume Ollé

Source: Official website of the Egyptian government and personal archive.

The flag from 2006 shows a white gazelle leaping to the left on a blue background, on the fly end a yellow trapezoid. The trapezoid and the jumping direction of the gazelle indicate that this is also the representation of the flag in the old Arab tradition and that the trapezoid is on the hoist side and the gazelle jumps towards the fly end.
Ian MacDonald, 27 February 2021

Second flag

[Matruh governorate] image located by Ian MacDonald, 27 February 2021
Source: Frank-René Putz, Der Flaggenkurier 51/2020

In a new flag, awarded in 2009, a symbol was added in white that shows a rising sun over the sea, this again lying over the desert. The sun disk, which is covered with a white gazelle jumping to the left, is limited by a black gear, above each tooth yellow sun rays. On the desert floor in front is a palm tree on the hoist side, and an oil derrick on the fly side. A laurel wreath extends around the entire representation, the name of the governorate in Arabic at the top and the name of the governorate in English at the bottom. The symbol extends from the top to the bottom of the flag. It was awarded as a coat of arms in 2010.
Ian MacDonald, 27 February 2021