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Encyclopedia > Flag of Chad
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The national flag of the Republic of Chad is a vertical tricolor consisting (left to right) of a blue, a yellow and a red field. Note that exactly the same flag is also used as the national colors of Romania in eastern Europe; however, the two flags are not historically related. The flag colors come from combining the colors of the Flag of France with traditional Pan-African colors. Fixed outer edges, hues based on World Flag Database. ... Fixed outer edges, hues based on World Flag Database. ... FIAV usage code 56 See Vexillological symbols for its meaning File links The following pages link to this file: Flag of France Flag of Luxembourg Flag of Nepal Flag of Burkina Faso Flag of Poland Flag of the Vatican City Flag of Australia Solomon Islands Flag of Chad Flag of... A national flag is a flag which symbolises a country and which can usually be flown by citizens of that country. ... The national flag of Romania is a tricolour of three equal vertical bands of blue (hoist side), yellow, and red. ... World map showing location of Europe When considered a continent, Europe is the worlds second smallest continent in terms of area, with an area of 10,600,000 km² (4,140,625 square miles), making it larger than Australia only. ... 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. ... Two sets of three colours are referred to as the Pan-African colours. ...

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The blue-yellow-red colours of Chad are a combination of the blue-white-red of France, the former colonial power, and the green-yellow-red of the Pan-African (e.g., Ethiopian) ones.
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