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1888 1896 1888/1920 1946 1960 Somalia: South Africa: 1652 1664 1795 1801 1875 1910 1912 1928 1982 1994 South Africa: 1854 South Sudan: 1844 1882 1885 1899 1922 1952 1956 1970 2005 2023 South Sudan: Spain: 1506 1701 1760 1785 1873 1875 1931 1936 1938 1945 1977 1981 Spain: Sri Lanka: 161 BC [9] 1593 1815 1948 1951 1972 Sri Lanka: Sudan: 1844 1882 ...
Union of South Africa: The flag was a co-official flag until 1957 when the flag of the Union of South Africa became the sole official flag. 1928–1982: Republic/Union of South Africa: The flag using a darker shade of "Union" blue common before the early 1980s. 1982–1994: Republic of South Africa
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There were many kingdoms and empires in all regions of the continent of Africa throughout history. A kingdom is a state with a king or queen as its head. [1] An empire is a political unit made up of several territories, military outposts, and peoples, "usually created by conquest, and divided between a dominant centre and subordinate peripheries".
The origin of flags is unknown. Some of the earliest known banners come from ancient China to identify different parts of the army. [3] For example, it is recorded that the armies of the Zhou dynasty in the 11th century BC carried a white banner before them, although no extant depictions exist of these banners.
Flag of Nieuwe Republiek Alternative version that was never flown The flag was evidently inspired by the 'Vierkleur' Flag of the South African Republic . The colours were simply re-arranged, so that the horizontal bands were red, white and green, and the vertical bar was blue.
Flag Date Use Description 1885-1890 German East Africa Company: 1885–1890: German Empire: A tricolour, made of three equal horizontal bands coloured black (top), white, and red (bottom) 1885–1890: Colonial Flag: Horizontal black-white-red fields with the German Reichsadler in a white circle in the middle. 1890: German Wituland