flag of Guinea-Bissau
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The flag of Guinea-Bissau is a Pan-African tricolour featuring red, yellow, and green with a black star, symbolizing African unity and the country’s struggle for independence.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| flag of Guinea-Bissau canonical | 2 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | national flag ⓘ |
| adoptionContext | independence from Portugal ⓘ |
| adoptionDate | 1973 ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | flag of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| bottomStripeColor | green ⓘ |
| capitalCityCountry | Bissau NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| category |
Flags of Africa
ⓘ
National symbols of Guinea-Bissau ⓘ |
| color |
black
ⓘ
green ⓘ red ⓘ yellow ⓘ |
| colorScheme | Pan-African colours ⓘ |
| continent | Africa ⓘ |
| country | Guinea-Bissau NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| design | vertical red stripe at the hoist and two horizontal stripes of yellow and green ⓘ |
| emblem | black star of Africa ⓘ |
| feature | black five-pointed star ⓘ |
| governmentSymbol | yes ⓘ |
| hoistStripeColor | red ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | flag of Ghana ⓘ |
| introducedBy | African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| officialLanguageCountry | Portuguese ⓘ |
| patternType | tricolour ⓘ |
| proportion | 1:2 ⓘ |
| relatedFlag | flag of the African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde ⓘ |
| represents | Republic of Guinea-Bissau NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| shape | rectangular ⓘ |
| side | obverse and reverse identical ⓘ |
| starColor | black ⓘ |
| starPosition | centered in the red vertical stripe ⓘ |
| starRepresents | unity of Africa ⓘ |
| status | current national flag ⓘ |
| symbolism |
African people
ⓘ
African unity ⓘ Pan-Africanism NERFINISHED ⓘ agriculture and forests ⓘ blood shed for independence ⓘ hope and natural resources ⓘ struggle for independence ⓘ |
| topStripeColor | yellow ⓘ |
| usage |
civil ensign
ⓘ
national flag ⓘ state flag ⓘ war flag ⓘ |
| usedBy |
civil population of Guinea-Bissau
ⓘ
government of Guinea-Bissau NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.