There are 7 stars above the crown on the flag of Tajikistan. The stars form an arc above a golden crown, all placed in the center of the flag’s broad white stripe.
Tajikistan adopted its current flag on 24 November 1992, replacing the flag of the Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic. Its red, white, and green horizontal bands preserve colors associated with Tajik history and the earlier Soviet-era flag, but the central crown-and-stars emblem reflects national identity after independence.
The crown represents the Tajik people and is commonly associated with the Samanid dynasty, a Persianate state remembered as an important period in Tajik cultural history. The number seven also has significance in Persian cultural tradition, where it is connected with ideas such as perfection, happiness, and the structure of the heavens.
A common mistake is to count the points on the stars rather than the stars themselves. Each star is five-pointed, but the flag contains seven separate stars.