flag of Sierra Leone

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The flag of Sierra Leone is a horizontal tricolor of green, white, and blue that symbolizes the country’s natural resources, unity and justice, and its coastal location along the Atlantic Ocean.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf flag
national flag
adoptedOn 1961-04-27
adoptionOccasion independence of Sierra Leone
blueRepresents Atlantic Ocean
Port of Freetown
surface form: Freetown harbor
blueSymbolismDetail natural harbor of Freetown
bottomStripeColor blue
capitalCityAssociated Freetown
category Flags of African countries
continent Africa
country Sierra Leone
design horizontal tricolor
greenRepresents agriculture
mountains
greenSymbolismDetail agricultural and mineral wealth
hasNo coat of arms on main national flag
introducedBy Government of Sierra Leone
surface form: Government of Sierra Leone in 1961
isSimilarTo Flag of Estonia
surface form: flag of Estonia

Flag of Uzbekistan
surface form: flag of Uzbekistan
legalBasis flag of Sierra Leone self-linksurface differs
surface form: Sierra Leone national flag and arms ordinance
middleStripeColor white
officialStatus national symbol of Sierra Leone
proportion 2:3
replaced British colonial flag of Sierra Leone
stripeOrderTopToBottom green-white-blue
symbolizes coastal location along the Atlantic Ocean
justice
natural resources
unity
topStripeColor green
usedBy Government of Sierra Leone
civil population
usesColor blue
green
white
whiteRepresents justice
unity
whiteSymbolismDetail desire for peace

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Sierra Leone hasNationalSymbol flag of Sierra Leone
coat of arms of Sierra Leone relatedSymbol flag of Sierra Leone
flag of Sierra Leone legalBasis flag of Sierra Leone self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Sierra Leone national flag and arms ordinance