Flag of Nigeria
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The Flag of Nigeria is a vertical tricolour of green, white, and green symbolizing the nation’s agricultural wealth and peace, and serving as a central emblem of Nigerian identity.
Aliases (1)
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | national flag → |
| adoptionDate | 1960-10-01 → |
| adoptionEvent | Nigerian independence from the United Kingdom → |
| aspectRatio | 1:2 → |
| capitalCityCountry | Abuja → |
| category |
Flags of Africa
→
National symbols of Nigeria → |
| continentCountry | Africa → |
| country | Nigeria → |
| design | vertical tricolour → |
| designer | Michael Taiwo Akinkunmi → |
| designSelectionMethod | national flag design competition → |
| firstOfficialUse | 1960 → |
| flankedByStripes |
green on fly side
→
green on hoist side → |
| greenStripeMeaning | agriculture and natural wealth → |
| hasCentralStripe | white → |
| hasColor |
green
→
white → |
| hasNoCoatOfArmsOnStandardVersion | true → |
| isDisplayedAt | United Nations alongside other member states’ flags → |
| isDisplayedOn |
Independence Day of Nigeria
→
Nigerian national holidays → |
| ISO3166CountryCode |
.ng
→
surface form: "NG"
|
| isSimilarTo |
flag of Ivory Coast
→
surface form: "Flag of Côte d’Ivoire"
Irish tricolour →
surface form: "Flag of Ireland"
|
| isVerticalTricolour | true → |
| legalStatus | protected national symbol of Nigeria → |
| officialLanguageCountry | English → |
| proportionWidthToLength | 1:2 → |
| regulatingAuthority | Government of Nigeria → |
| replaced | flag of British colonial Nigeria → |
| represents |
sovereignty of Nigeria
→
unity of Nigerian people → |
| stripeCount | 3 → |
| stripeOrder | green-white-green → |
| symbolizes |
agricultural wealth
→
national identity → peace → |
| usedBy |
Nigeria
→
surface form: "Federal Republic of Nigeria"
Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria →
surface form: "Nigerian Armed Forces"
Nigerian government institutions → |
| usedOn |
Nigerian embassies and consulates
→
Nigerian official documents → government buildings in Nigeria → |
| whiteStripeMeaning | peace and unity → |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form: "Nigerian flag"