Flag of the Central African Republic

Flag of the Central African Republic
Use
Proportion	3:5 or 2:3
Adopted	1958
Design	Four horizontal stripes of blue, white, green and yellow, and a single vertical band of red, with a yellow five pointed star in the upper left corner
Designed by	Barthélemy Boganda

The national flag of the Central African Republic was created in 1958 by first president of Ubangi-Shari Barthélemy Boganda.^[1]

Appearance

It has four horizontal stripes of blue, white, green and yellow, and a single vertical band of red, with a yellow five pointed star in the upper left corner.

Symbolism

The golden star is symbol of independence and bright future. The president Boganda announced that the colours of the four horizontal stripes represents four territories of French Equatorial Africa (Ubangi-Shari, Gabon, Congo and Chad), which he wanted to see united with maintaining relationship with France. The red stripe symbolizes blood, same for the every races and nations, in this case especially for the Africans The green color stands for forest areas, the yellow for savanna, blue for the sky. Other interpretation of the colours emphasizes national ideals, where the color blue symbolizes freedom, white – purity, green – hope, yellow – tolerance and hospitality, red – friendship and equality of every race and need of common respect.^[1]

Construction sheet

The aspect ratio of the flag is 3:5 or 2:3.^[1]

Construction sheet with ratio 2:3
Construction sheet with ratio 3:5

Historical flags

Flag proposition from 1976
Imperial Standard of Bokassa I during Central African Empire (1976–1979)

Related pages

Coat of Arms of the Central African Republic
La Renaissance, the national anthem of the Central African Republic

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Wrona, Jerzy (2020). Flagi i herby opowiadają (in Polish). Rzeszów. p. 184. ISBN 978-83-7586-158-7.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

[:0-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Wrona, Jerzy (2020). Flagi i herby opowiadają (in Polish). Rzeszów. p. 184. ISBN 978-83-7586-158-7.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

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