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This is a gallery of national flags of North America. A national flag is a flag that symbolises a country and that can usually be flown by citizens of that country. ... World map showing North America A satellite composite image of North America. ...


Image File history File links Flag_of_Algeria. ... Flag Ratio: 2:3 The national flag of Algeria () consists of two equal vertical stripes, green and white, and bears, in the centre, a red crescent and star. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Angola. ... The national flag of Angola is split horizontally into an upper red half and a lower black half. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Benin. ... Flag Ratio: 2:3 Flag of Peoples Republic of Benin (1975-1990) The national flag of Benin was originally adopted in 1959. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Botswana. ... Flag Ratio: 5:8 The national flag of Botswana was adopted on September 30, 1966. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Burkina_Faso. ... Flag ratio: 2:3 The flag of Burkina Faso is formed by two equal horizontal bands of red (top) and green with a yellow five-pointed star in the center. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Burundi. ... Flag ratio: 2:3 The national flag of Burundi was adopted on March 28, 1967. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Cameroon. ... Flag ratio: 2:3 The national flag of Cameroon was adopted in its present form on May 20, 1975 after Cameroon was made a unitary state. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Cape_Verde. ... Flag ratio: 3:5 The flag used from 1975 to 1992 The national Flag of Cape Verde was adopted on September 22, 1992 and symbolized a break in relations with Guinea-Bissau, with whom Cape Verde was to unite. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Central_African_Republic. ... Flag ratio: 3:5 The flag of the Central African Republic was adopted on December 1, 1958. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Chad. ... Flag ratio: 2:3 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. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Comoros. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo. ... Flag ratio: 2:3, since 1997 Flag of Association Internationale Africaine as well as the Congo Free State (1877-1908) and the Belgian Congo (1908-1960) 1960-1963 independence flag 1963-1966 flag 1966-1971 flag Flag of Zaire (1971-1997) Unofficial variation of the independence flag The flag of... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Republic_of_the_Congo. ... Flag ratio: 2:3 The flag of the Republic of the Congo was originally adopted on August 18, 1958. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Cote_d'Ivoire. ... Flag ratio: 2:3 The flag of Côte dIvoire features three equal vertical bands of orange (hoist side), white, and green. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Djibouti. ... Flag ratio: 4:7 The national flag of Djibouti features two equal horizontal bands of blue (top) and green with a white isosceles triangle based on the hoist side bearing a red five-pointed star in the centre. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Egypt. ... National Flag of Egypt (1984-) Egyptian Naval flag (1984-) United Arab Republic - Egypt and Syria (1958-1961) Kingdom of Egypt (1922-1952) The flag of Egypt in its current form was adopted on October 4, 1984. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Equatorial_Guinea. ... This article is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Eritrea. ... Flag ratio: 1:2 The current flag of Eritrea was adopted on December 5, 1995, and uses the basic layout of the flag of the Eritrean Peoples Liberation Front, with the wreath with upright olive branch symbol derived from the 1952 flag. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Ethiopia. ... Flag ratio: 1:2 The old flag, which was used from 1975 to 1987 and 1991 to 1996, and is still seen occasionally today. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Gabon. ... Flag ratio: 3:4 The flag of Gabon was adopted in 1960. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_The_Gambia. ... Flag ratio: 2:3 The national flag of Gambia consists of a horizontal tricolor of red, blue and green. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Ghana. ... Flag ratio: 2:3 The flag of Ghana was adopted in 1957. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Guinea. ... Flag ratio: 2:3 The flag of Guinea was adopted on November 10, 1958. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Guinea-Bissau. ... Flag ratio: 1:2 The Flag of Guinea-Bissau was adopted in 1973 after the nation received its independence from Portugal. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Kenya. ... Flag ratio: 2:3 The flag of Kenya was adopted on December 12, 1963. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Lesotho. ... Flag ratio: 2:3 The flag of Lesotho was adopted on January 17, 1987. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Liberia. ... Flag ratio: 10:19~ The Liberian flag bears close resemblance to the flag of the United States, showing the ex–American slave origins of the country. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Libya. ... Flag ratio: 1:2 The flag of Libya (adopted on November 19, 1977) is plain green. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Madagascar. ... Flag ratio: 2:3 The flag of Madagascar was adopted on October 14, 1958, two years before independence, as Madagascar prepared for a referendum on its status in the French Community. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Malawi. ... Flag ratio: 2:3 The flag of Malawi was adopted on July 6, 1964. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Mali. ... Flag ratio: 2:3 The flag of Mali was adopted on March 1, 1961. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Mauritania. ... Flag ratio: 2:3 The national flag of Mauritania was adopted on April 1, 1959. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Mauritius. ... Flag ratio: 2:3 The flag of Mauritius was adopted in 1968. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Morocco. ... Flag ratio: 2:3 The flag of Morocco and the story behind its symbols At the time of the Merinid and Saadi dynasties ruling, the Moroccan flag used to be completely white. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Mozambique. ... Flag ratio: 2:3 The flag of Mozambique was adopted on May 1, 1983. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Namibia. ... Flag ratio: 2:3 The flag of Namibia was adopted on March 21, 1990. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Niger. ... Flag ratio: 6:7 The flag of Niger was adopted in 1959. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Nigeria. ... Flag ratio: 1:2 The flag of Nigeria was designed in 1959 and first officially hoisted on October 1, 1960. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Rwanda. ... Flag ratio: 2:3 Old flag of Rwanda The new flag of Rwanda was adopted on October 25, 2001. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Sao_Tome_and_Principe. ... Flag ratio: 1:2 The flag of São Tomé and Príncipe was adopted on November 5, 1975. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Senegal. ... Flag ratio: 2:3 The origins of the flag of Senegal lie in the former Mali Federation, whose flag was identical, spare for a stylized black silhouette in the central section. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Seychelles. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Sierra_Leone. ... Flag ratio: 2:3 The national flag of Sierra Leone was officially hoisted on April 27, 1961. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Somalia. ... Flag ratio: ~2:3 The flag of Somalia was adopted on October 12, 1954. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_South_Africa. ... Flag ratio: 2:3 The current design of the National Flag of the Republic of South Africa was adopted on 27 April 1994, the end of apartheid prompting the widespread conviction that a new national flag must include the cultures of all South Africans. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Sudan. ... Flag ratio: 1:2 Former flag (1956-1970) The flag of Sudan was adopted on May 20, 1970, and consists of a red-white-black tricolor with a green triangle next to the hoist. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Swaziland. ... Flag ratio: 2:3 The flag of Swaziland was adopted on October 6, 1968. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Tanzania. ... Flag ratio: 2:3 The flag of Tanzania was adopted in 1964. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Togo. ... Flag ratio: 3:5 The flag of Togo was adopted on April 27, 1960. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Tunisia. ... Flag ratio: 2:3 The national flag of Tunisia has undergone very minor changes since it was first adapted in 1831 by the Tunisian bey Hassine I. The crescent and star are traditional symbols of Islam, and are also considered to be symbols of good luck. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Uganda. ... Flag ratio: 2:3 The flag of Uganda was adopted in 1962. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Western_Sahara. ... Flag of Western Sahara, ratio 1:2 The flag of Western Sahara is black, red, white and green, the Arab colors, with the crescent and star being a Muslim symbol. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Zambia. ... Flag ratio: 2:3 The flag of Zambia was adopted in October 24, 1964. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Zimbabwe. ... Flag ratio: 1:2 The flag of Zimbabwe was adopted on April 18, 1980. ...

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