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Republic of Uganda; Use: National flag and ensign: Proportion: 2:3: Adopted: 9 October 1962; 62 years ago (): Design: Six equal horizontal bands of black (top), yellow, red, black, yellow, and red (bottom); a white disc is superimposed at the centre and depicts the national symbol, a grey crowned crane, facing the hoist side.
Flag Date Use Description c.2003-Present: Flag of The Democratic Party: A Horizontal bicolour of white and green. [12]c.2011-Present: Flag of The National Resistance Movement: Five horizontal stripes of yellow (top), blue, green, red, and yellow (bottom), with the top and bottom stripes 3 times as a wide as the others.
Republic of Uganda: Adopted: 9 October 1962: Shield: Sable, upon the fess point a sun in splendour and in base a Uganda drum Or, the skin and guy ropes Argent, a chief barry wavy of six Azure and Argent. Behind the shield two Uganda spears of estate in saltire proper. Supporters: Dexter an Ugandan kob; sinister, a crested crane, both proper ...
Flags come in many shapes and designs, which often represent something about the country or people that the flag represents. Common design elements of flags include shapes such as stars, stripes, and crosses, layout elements such as including a canton (a rectangle with a distinct design, such as another national flag), and the overall shape of ...
National flags are adopted by governments to strengthen national bonds and legitimate formal authority. Such flags may contain symbolic elements of their peoples, militaries, territories, rulers, and dynasties. The flag of Denmark is the oldest flag still in current use as it has been recognized as a national symbol since the 14th century.
The current flag design often evolved over the years (e.g. the flag of the United States) or can be a re-adoption of an earlier, historic flag (e.g. the flag of Libya). The year the current flag design first came into use is listed in the third column.
The Community Emblem Act, 2003 sets out the symbolism behind the flag. [2] Blue: Lake Victoria signifying the unity of the EAC Partner States. White, Black, Green, Yellow, Red: Representing the different colours of the flags of each of the EAC Partner States. Handshake: East African Community. Centre: Emblem of the East African Community.
The flag of Somaliland consists of a horizontal tricolour of green, white, and red, with the black star of Africa located in the centre. On the green stripe, there is the Shahada in white Thuluth script, the flag's colours are taken from the flag of the Somali National Movement. 1975–present: Flag of the Western Sahara Morocco (occupied lands)