flag of Ivory Coast

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The flag of Ivory Coast is a vertical tricolour of orange, white, and green, symbolizing the nation’s savannahs, peace, and forests.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf national flag
tricolour flag
adoptedBeforeIndependenceOf Côte d'Ivoire
surface form: Ivory Coast
adoptedOn 1959-12-03
capitalOfCountry Yamoussoukro
category Flags of African countries
National symbols of Ivory Coast
colour green
orange
white
continentOfCountry Africa
country Côte d'Ivoire
surface form: Côte d’Ivoire

Côte d'Ivoire
surface form: Ivory Coast
design vertical tricolour
distinguishedFromFlagOfIrelandBy different shade of green
reversed colour order
enshrinedIn Constitution of Côte d’Ivoire
surface form: Constitution of Ivory Coast
fieldPattern plain tricolour without emblem
flyStripeColour green
FrenchName flag of Ivory Coast self-linksurface differs
surface form: drapeau de la Côte d’Ivoire
hasNo coat of arms on the field
hoistStripeColour orange
introducedToReplace French tricolour
surface form: French tricolour in Ivory Coast
largestCityOfCountry Abidjan
middleStripeColour white
proportion 2:3
regionOfCountry West Africa
similarToFlagOf flag of Ireland
status national symbol of Ivory Coast
stripeOrder orange–white–green
stripeOrientation vertical
symbolismOfGreen forests of the south
hope
symbolismOfOrange national land
savannahs of the north
symbolismOfWhite peace
unity
usedAs civil flag
state flag
war flag
usedBy Ivorian national army (FANCI)
surface form: Armed Forces of Ivory Coast

Government of Côte d’Ivoire
surface form: Government of Ivory Coast

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Irish tricolour relatedFlag flag of Ivory Coast
Flag of Nigeria isSimilarTo flag of Ivory Coast
this entity surface form: Flag of Côte d’Ivoire
flag of Ivory Coast FrenchName flag of Ivory Coast self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: drapeau de la Côte d’Ivoire