The State Flag of the Republic of Uzbekistan is a symbol of the state sovereignty of the Republic of Uzbekistan. The State Flag was approved by the Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan No. 407-XII "On the State Flag of the Republic of Uzbekistan" of November 18, 1991. The State Flag of the Republic of Uzbekistan is a rectangular cloth consisting of three horizontal stripes of dark blue, white and dark green running along the entire length of the flag. The length of the State Flag of the Republic of Uzbekistan is 250 centimeters and its width is 125 centimeters. The blue, white and green stripes are of equal width, each 40 centimeters. Along the edges of the white stripe in the middle of the flag there are red borders 2.5 centimeters wide. On the front and back of the upper blue stripe, near the staff, there is a white crescent and, next to it, twelve white five-pointed stars. The image of the white crescent and the twelve white five-pointed stars is placed so that it fits into a rectangle of 70×30 centimeters in the middle of the upper blue stripe. The white crescent is placed vertically with its convex side facing the staff, at a distance of 20 centimeters from the staff, and fits into a circle 30 centimeters in diameter. Each of the twelve white five-pointed stars fits into a circle 6 centimeters in diameter. The distance between the circles is 6 centimeters. The stars are arranged horizontally and vertically in the following order: three stars in the top row, four in the middle row and five in the bottom row. The stars of the bottom row are located 3.5 centimeters from the lower tip of the crescent.