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Flag of People's Republic of Benin (1975-1990)

The national flag of Benin was originally adopted in 1959. It was changed upon the accession of the Marxist regime in 1975, but upon the removal of the regime, the old design was reintroduced on August 1, 1990. The colors are the traditional Pan-African colors: green symbolizes hope, yellow symbolizes wealth and red symbolizes courage. Image File history File links Flag_of_Benin. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Benin. ... FIAV usage code 63. ... Image File history File links Benin_flag_1960-1975. ... Image File history File links Benin_flag_1960-1975. ... 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Marxism is the political practice and social theory based on the works of Karl Marx, a 19th century philosopher, economist, journalist, and revolutionary, along with Friedrich Engels. ... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ... August 1 is the 213th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (214th in leap years), with 152 days remaining. ... This article is about the year. ... Pan-African people are all people with African physical features. ... Green is any of a number of similar colors. ... For other uses, see Hope (disambiguation). ... Yellow is any color of light that stimulates both the red and green cone cells of the retina, but not the blue cone cells. ... Wealth is an abundance of items of economic value, or the state of controlling or possessing such items, and encompasses money, real estate and personal property. ... Red is any of a number of similar colors at the lowest frequencies of light discernible by the human eye. ... Courage is the ability to confront fear, pain, danger, uncertainty or intimidation. ...

A national flag is a flag that symbolises a country and that can usually be flown by citizens of that country. ... A modern coat of arms is derived from the medi val practice of painting designs onto the shield and outer clothing of knights to enable them to be identified in battle, and later in tournaments. ... This gallery of sovereign state flags shows the flags of sovereign states in the list of sovereign states. ... This gallery of sovereign state coats of arms shows the coat of arms of sovereign states in the list of sovereign states. ... This overview contains the flags of dependent territories. ... This overview contains the flags of self-proclaimed states that have declared their independence, exert control over (at least part of) the claimed territory and population, but have not been acknowledged as independent states by the international community at large. ... This overview shows the coat of arms of dependent territories. ... This overview contains the coats of arms of self-proclaimed states that have declared their independence, exert control over (at least part of) the claimed territory and population, but have not been acknowledged as independent states by the international community at large. ...

External links

• Benin at Flags of the World
• Benin National Flags In The World All Countries National Flags