General info: Large flag of Côte dIvoire Dimensions: 453x302 pixels Source: Image originally derived from the public domain License: Originally public domain, modifications under GFDL Most of the flags have had their colours improved and many have been resized to the proper ratios. For a complete list...

General info: Large flag of Côte dIvoire Dimensions: 453x302 pixels Source: Image originally derived from the public domain License: Originally public domain, modifications under GFDL Most of the flags have had their colours improved and many have been resized to the proper ratios. For a complete list...

Flag ratio: 2:3

The French Tricolore flag A flag is a piece of cloth flown from a pole or mast, usually intended for signaling or identification. Flags were initially created for signalling (as in semaphore), and for the identification of those who displayed them, and are still used for that purpose today. Flags are... flag of Côte dIvoire (often called Ivory Coast in English; see below about the name) is a country in West Africa. It borders Liberia, Guinea, Mali, Burkina Faso, and Ghana to the west, north, and east, and borders the Gulf of Guinea to its south. One of the most... Côte d'Ivoire features three equal vertical bands of orange ( A hoist is a device used for lifting or lowering a load by means of a drum or barrel around which rope or chain wraps. May be manually operated, or electrically or pneumatically driven and may use chain, or fiber or wire rope as its lifting medium. A hoist normally... hoist side), white, and green.

It is similar to the The Irish tricolour (flag ratio: 1:2). The National Flag of Ireland (Irish: An Bhratach Náisiúnta), also known as the Irish tricolour, is the national flag of the Republic of Ireland. The flag was first adopted as the national flag of the Irish Free State in 1922. When... flag of Ireland, but the latter is longer and has the colors reversed: the green is at the hoist side. It is also similar to the The Flag of Italy The Flag of Italy (vexillological symbol ), also known as Tricolore, is a tricolour containing three vertical bands of green, white, and red (left, or hoist side, to right). Together with the national anthem, La Canzone degli Italiani (better known as Fratelli dItalia) is the symbol... flag of Italy, which is green (hoist side), white, and red.

The design was based on the Flag Ratio: 2:3 The national flag of France (Vexillological symbol: , known in French as le drapeau tricolore, le drapeau bleu-blanc-rouge, le drapeau de la France, rarely, le tricolore and, colloquially, les couleurs) is a tricolour featuring three vertical bands coloured blue (hoist side), white, and red. The... flag of France; the See also Orange (disambiguation) for other meanings of the word. The colour orange occurs between red and yellow in the visible spectrum at a wavelength of about 620-585 nanometres. It is the same colour as the fruit for which it was named. Before the orange fruit was introduced to... orange color stands for the land,the savannah found in the northern part and its Fertility is the ability of people or animals to produce healthy offspring in abundance. The term was usually applied to females, but increasingly is applied to males as well, as common understanding of reproductive mechanisms increases and the importance of the male role is better known. Human fertility depends on... fertility, the Alternate meanings: White (disambiguation) White is a color (more accurately it contains all the colors of the spectrum and is sometimes described as an achromatic color—black is the absence of color) that has high brightness but zero hue. The impression of white light can be created by mixing... white represents Peace is generally defined as a state of quiet or tranquillity, as an absence of disturbance or agitation (Latin derivation Pax = Absentia Belli). But behind this simple definition lies a lot of controversy and nuance. Absence of noise Those who live far from the cities and from civilization are often... peace, and the Green is a color seen commonly in nature. Plants are green because they contain chlorophyll. Green light has a wavelength of around 540 nm and is one of the additive primary colors, the complement of magenta. Many artists, however, continue to use a traditional colour theory in which the complement... green represents Hope is a desire for something to happen, while expecting or being confident that it will come true. Hope also implies a certain amount of perseverence, believing that sometning is possible even when there is some evidence to the contrary. Hope may be directed toward something minor to something extremely... hope and also the forest of the southern part of the country.

See also

• The Coat of Arms of Côte dIvoire in its current form was adopted in the year 2001. The focal point of the emblem is the head of an elephant. The elephant is symbolically important to the nation since it is the largest animal found in Cô... Coat of Arms of Côte d'Ivoire

External link

• Côte d'Ivoire (http://www.fotw.net/flags/ci.html) at Flags of the World (or FOTW) is the Internets largest website devoted to vexillology, containing comprehensive information about all kinds of flags. Currently it contains more than 26,000 pages about flags and more than 48,000 images of flags. There are several mirrors of the FOTW website. Main... Flags of the World