Uzbekistan’s national flag has twelve white stars.
The stars appear in three rows beside a white crescent in the upper blue section of the flag. Their arrangement is one of the flag’s most recognizable details, although the stars can look like a smaller cluster when the flag is displayed at a distance.
Uzbekistan adopted its current flag on 18 November 1991, shortly after declaring independence from the Soviet Union. The design uses horizontal blue, white, and green bands separated by narrow red lines. The crescent is associated with Uzbek historical imagery and the birth of the new nation, while the stars have been interpreted in connection with the country’s provinces, cultural traditions, and the calendar.
A common mix-up is confusing the twelve stars with the number of regions or with star counts on other Central Asian flags. The official design clearly specifies twelve five-pointed white stars, arranged in three rows, alongside the crescent.