Flag of Equatorial Guinea

Flag of Equatorial Guinea
Vexillological symbol :	?
Aspect ratio:	~ 5: 8
Officially accepted:	First introduced: October 12, 1968 Reintroduced: August 21, 1979

The flag of Equatorial Guinea is a horizontal tricolor in the colors green, white and red, with an inserted blue triangle on the left side.

meaning

• Green stands for the natural treasures and the primeval forest of the country
• Blue stands for the water that connects the mainland with the islands
• White symbolizes peace
• Red stands for the struggle for independence

In the middle strip is the coat of arms of Equatorial Guinea with a mangrove tree, six yellow stars and the motto Unidad Paz Justicia (Unity, Peace, Justice).

history

Only the flag of Spain was used during the Spanish colonial period . The colony or the overseas province did not have its own flag.

The flag was originally introduced for independence on October 12, 1968. In the beginning there were no clear regulations as to when the coat of arms had to be used in the flag, which is why there were also versions without a coat of arms in the first few years. During the dictatorship of Francisco Macías Nguema between 1973 and 1979 the emblem was changed. It showed a rooster, a sword, several traditional, African tools for field work and next to the motto of the country in a banner another banner with the word Trabajo (work). This coat of arms was also used in the flag from 1978. Since then, it has been mandatory to use the coat of arms in the flag. On August 21, 1979, after the overthrow of Nguema, the old coat of arms was officially reintroduced and also included in the national flag.

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  ^? National flag without coat of arms

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  ^? National flag, 1978-1979

Other flags of Equatorial Guinea

The Bubi people on the island of Bioko use a green and red striped flag with a blue canton in which traditional symbols rest in a white triangle. The independence movement Grupo Nacionalista Bubi 1 de Abril, which emerged from the Bubi people , uses a blue-white-green tricolor with a four-pointed black star in the center of the white stripe.

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  Flag of the Bubi people

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  Grupo Nacionalista Bubi
  1 de Abril

literature

• Whitney Smith , Ottfried Neubecker : coats of arms and flags of all nations. Battenberg, Munich 1980, ISBN 3-87045-183-1 .

Web links

Commons : Flags of Equatorial Guinea  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Flags of the World - Equatorial Guinea ( English )