Flag of the Republic of Cabo Verde

Flag of the Republic of Cabo Verde

Description

  • A blue field with three horizontal stripes (white, red, white) crossing the lower half
  • A ring of ten yellow five-pointed stars circles the left of centre over the stripes
  • Adopted on 22 September 1992 after multiparty reforms replaced the PAIGC-linked flag shared with Guinea-Bissau

Trivia

  • The ten stars match the ten principal islands: Santo Antão, São Vicente, São Nicolau, Sal, Boa Vista, Maio, Santiago, Fogo, Brava and Santa Luzia
  • Replaced the red-yellow-green Pan-African flag used from independence in 1975 until 1992
  • The country's official name was changed from Cape Verde to Cabo Verde in the UN in 2013

Flag of Cabo Verde

The flag of Cabo Verde is a blue field crossed in its lower half by three horizontal stripes, white-red-white, with a circle of ten yellow five-pointed stars set over the stripes near the hoist. The blue stands for the Atlantic Ocean and sky, white for peace, and red for effort. The ten stars represent the ten main islands of the archipelago.

Adopted on 22 September 1992, the flag broke sharply with the Pan-African red-yellow-green design shared with Guinea-Bissau since independence in 1975. The change followed the country's transition to multiparty democracy and signalled a distinct Cabo Verdean identity, one tied to its Atlantic geography rather than the PAIGC liberation movement.

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