French Guiana flag

Flag of france
Vexillological symbol :	?
Aspect ratio:	2: 3
Officially accepted:	First hoisted on May 20, 1794, last reintroduced on March 5, 1848

As a French overseas territory , the official flag of French Guiana is the flag of France . There are also flags for the department and the region.

Flag of the department and region

On January 29, 2010, the Department's General Council officially adopted its own flag, which has since been placed next to the European flag and the French tricolor . It was originally the flag of the Union des Travailleurs Guyanais ( Guyanese Workers' Union ), the largest trade union in French Guiana. She is considered one of the strongest supporters of independence from France. It was first used in September 1967 and soon became a widespread, unofficial symbol of French Guiana. The flag was officially adopted as a symbol of the UTG at the 11th Congress from November 25th to 27th, 2004. The flag is divided diagonally. The upper triangle in the flight section is green , the lower triangle on the mast side is yellow . In the middle rests a red, five-pointed star . Green symbolizes the forest, yellow the numerous soil resources. The red star stands for the “socialist orientation of the country”, but according to a commission its meaning should be transformed into the “blood in the heart of the country”. The design of the flag is similar to that of the Brazilian state of Acre .

In addition to its status as an overseas department, French Guiana is also a French region whose regional council has the right to adopt its own flag. The typical logo flag shows a yellow five-pointed star on a blue background over a green area on which an orange figure can be seen in a yellow boat that is on red water.

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  2: 3 flag of the department since January 29, 2010

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  Logo of the region

Unofficial flags

The coat of arms of French Guiana , which is identical to the coat of arms of the capital Cayenne , is also used as a coat of arms banner as an unofficial symbol.

On the Internet, the flag of the French Guiana independence movement is often a flag that is similar to that of the UTG. With her, however, the green and yellow fields are interchanged. The Tam-Tam Front pour la Liberation de Guiana divides the colors vertically for the flag of its movement.

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  French Guiana coat of arms banner

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  2: 3 flag of the independence movement

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Conseil Général de la Guyane, January 29, 2010, Le Conseil général adopte le drapeau guyanais ( Memento of the original from November 17, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
2. ↑ Flags of the World - French Guiana: Independentist flags (English)

Web links

Commons : Flags of French Guiana  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Flags of the World - French Guiana (France, Overseas Department and Region )