The Flag of Cape Town.

The Flag of Cape Town is the official flag of the city of Cape Town, South Africa. The tricolour flag of France A flag is a piece of coloured cloth flown from a pole or mast, usually for purposes of signalling or identification. ... Night view of Taipei City. ... , City motto: Spes Bona (Latin: Good Hope) Location of the City of Cape Town in Western Cape Province Province Western Cape Mayor Helen Zille Area  - % water 2,499 km² N/A Population  - Total (2004)  - Density Ranked 100th 2,893,251 1,158/km² Established 1652 Time zone SAST (UTC+2...

The current flag (featuring a silhouette of Table Mountain) replaced the previous flag (which consisted of the coat of arms of Cape Town on a blue field) in 1996. It was designed by a graphic designer and has not been registered with the South African Bureau of Heraldry. For other uses, see Table Mountain (disambiguation). ... 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. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... Graphic design is the applied art of arranging image and text to communicate a message. ...

The design consists of a stylised image of Table Mountain in white on a background of blue in the top left section and green in the top right section. Below the Table Mountain image is a yellow "paint brush" horizontal stripe under which is a red section at the bottom of the flag.

Unusually, the flag is the now main symbol used by the municipality, since no new coat of arms for the city has yet been adopted. A municipality or general-purpose district (compare with: special-purpose district) is an administrative local area generally composed of a clearly defined territory and commonly referring to a city, town, or village government. ...