Flag of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea

Flag of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea

Description

  • Three equal horizontal bands of green, white and red with a blue triangle at the hoist
  • The national coat of arms is centred on the white band
  • The arms feature a silk-cotton tree, six stars and the motto Unidad, Paz, Justicia

Trivia

  • The six stars on the arms represent the mainland (Río Muni) and five inhabited islands
  • The silk-cotton tree in the arms is the one under which the first treaty with Spain was signed
  • Flown without the arms from 1973 until 1979 under dictator Francisco Macías Nguema

Flag of Equatorial Guinea

The flag of Equatorial Guinea has three equal horizontal bands of green, white and red with a blue equilateral triangle at the hoist, and the national coat of arms centred on the white band. Green stands for the country's vegetation and natural wealth, white for peace, red for the fight for independence, and blue for the sea that links the mainland to the archipelago.

First hoisted at independence from Spain on 12 October 1968, the flag was flown plain under dictator Francisco Macías Nguema. After his overthrow in 1979, the coat of arms was restored to the flag on 21 August 1979. The arms feature a silk-cotton tree, six stars for the national territories, and the motto Unidad, Paz, Justicia.

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