Flag of Uganda
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The Flag of Uganda is a horizontal tricolour of black, yellow, and red stripes with a central white disc featuring a grey crowned crane, symbolizing the nation’s people, sunshine, and brotherhood.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Flag of Uganda canonical | 2 |
| Flag of the Uganda People’s Congress | 1 |
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | national flag ⓘ |
| adoptedOn | 1962-10-09 ⓘ |
| adoptionOccasion | Uganda independence from the United Kingdom ⓘ |
| aspectRatio | 2:3 ⓘ |
| category |
Flags introduced in 1962
ⓘ
Flags of Africa ⓘ National symbols of Uganda ⓘ |
| country | Uganda ⓘ |
| craneSymbolism |
elegance
ⓘ
gentleness ⓘ national symbol of Uganda ⓘ vigilance ⓘ |
| designedBy | Grace Ibingira ⓘ |
| designerOccupation | politician ⓘ |
| designerPoliticalAffiliation | Uganda People’s Congress ⓘ |
| emblemLegPosition | one leg raised ⓘ |
| emblemOrientation | crane faces the hoist ⓘ |
| featuresAnimal | grey crowned crane ⓘ |
| hasCentralDiscColor | white ⓘ |
| hasCentralEmblem | grey crowned crane ⓘ |
| hasDesign | horizontal tricolour of black, yellow, and red stripes ⓘ |
| hasSide | obverse and reverse identical ⓘ |
| hasStripeCount | 6 ⓘ |
| hasStripePattern | black-yellow-red-black-yellow-red ⓘ |
| inspiredBy |
flag of Uganda
ⓘ
surface form:
flag of the Uganda People’s Congress
|
| isSimilarTo |
Flag of Uganda
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Flag of the Uganda People’s Congress
|
| legalStatus | defined in the Constitution of Uganda ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
African sunshine
ⓘ
brotherhood ⓘ people of Uganda ⓘ |
| symbolizesColorMeaning |
black represents the people of Uganda
ⓘ
red represents brotherhood and the blood that unites Africans ⓘ yellow represents sunshine ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Government of Uganda
ⓘ
President of Uganda ⓘ Ugandan diplomatic missions ⓘ |
| usesColor |
black
ⓘ
grey ⓘ red ⓘ white ⓘ yellow ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Flag of the Uganda People’s Congress