List of Cameroonian flags
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Template:SHORTDESC: The following is a list of flags of Cameroon. For more information, see flag of Cameroon.
National flag and state flag
[edit | edit source]| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| File:Flag of Cameroon.svg | 1975–present | Flag of Cameroon | A vertical tricolour of green, red and yellow, with a gold star centred on the red band.[1][2][3] |
Flags of political parties
[edit | edit source]| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| File:Flag of the Union of the Peoples of Cameroon.svg | 1956–present | Flag of the Union of the Peoples of Cameroon | A black crab in the center of a red field.[4] |
| File:Flag of the UNC, Cameroon.png | Flag of the Cameroonian National Union | A red 16-pointed sun on a white field. | |
| File:Flag of the FSD, Cameroon.png | Flag of the Social Democratic Front | Scales resting on a white block, inside a thin white circle in the hoist of a green field. |
Separatist movements flags
[edit | edit source]| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| File:Flag of Bamileke National Movement.svg | Flag of the Bamileke National Movement. | Four equally high horizontal bands in the Pan-African colours (from above) green, yellow, red and black.[5] | |
| File:Flag of the Democratic Republic of Bakassi.svg | Flag of the Bakassi Movement for Self-Determination. | ||
| File:Flag of the Federal Republic of Southern Cameroons.svg | Flag of Ambazonia. | 'Ambazonia' is used by proponents of independence for the former British Cameroon to name their desired state. Five blue and four white horizontal bands with a blue Canton in which a bird in a circle of thirteen golden stars.[6] |
Historical flags
[edit | edit source]| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| File:Flag of Cameroon (1961-1975).svg | 1961–1975 | 2nd Flag of Cameroon | A vertical tricolour of green, red and yellow with two gold (darker than the third stripe by comparison) stars in the upper half of the green.[7] |
| File:Flag of Cameroon (1957-1961).svg | 1960–1961 | 1st Flag of Cameroon | A vertical tricolour of green, red and yellow.[8] |
| File:Flag of France (1794–1815, 1830–1958).svg | 1916–1960 | Flag of The French Cameroon | A vertical tricolour of blue, white, and red (proportions 3:2). |
| Error creating thumbnail: | 1916–1961 | Flag of The United Kingdom | A superimposition of the flags of England and Scotland with the Saint Patrick's Saltire (representing Ireland). |
| File:Flag of British Cameroon.svg | 1916–1961 | Flag of The British Cameroon | A blue ensign with the arms of Cameroon.[9] |
| File:Flag of Germany (1867–1918).svg | 1884–1916 | Flag of The German Empire | A tricolour, made of three equal horizontal bands coloured black (top), white, and red (bottom) |
| File:Reichskolonialflagge.svg | 1884–1916 | Colonial Flag | A tricolour, made of three equal horizontal bands coloured black (top), white, and red (bottom) with the German Eagle in the center. |
| File:Flag of Deutsch-Kamerun.svg | 1914 | 1st Proposed Flag of German Kamerun | A tricolour, made of three equal horizontal bands coloured black (top), white, and red (bottom) with a white elephant on a gules field in the center.[10] |
| File:Flaggenentwurf 5 Deutsch Kamerun 1914.svg | 1914 | 2nd Proposed Flag of German Kamerun | A tricolour, made of three equal horizontal bands coloured black (top), white, and red (bottom) with a white elephant on a gules disc in the center. |
| File:Deutsch West-Afrikanischen Handelsgesellschaft.svg | 1884–1914 | Flag of the German West Africa Company | [11] |
| File:Flag of the Sokoto Caliphate.svg | 1804–1884 | Flag of the Sokoto Caliphate | A simple green field. |
| File:Flag of the Bornu Empire.svg | 1380–1884 | Flag of the Bornu Empire | A brown field with a white crescent moon in the center. |
| File:Kanem flag from dulcerta 1339-pt.svg | 700–1380 | Flag of the Kanem Empire | A white pennon with a green palm tree in the center. |
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See also
[edit | edit source]References
[edit | edit source]- ^ The International Flag Book in Color, Christian Fogd Pedersen (1971)
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