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List of Cameroonian flags

The following is a list of flags of Cameroon. For more information, see flag of Cameroon.

National flag and state flag

Flag Date Use Description
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

Flag Date Use Description
1956–present Flag of the Union of the Peoples of Cameroon A black crab in the center of a red field.[4]
Flag of the Cameroonian National Union
Flag of the Social Democratic Front

Separatist movements flags

Flag Date Use Description
Flag of the Bamileke National Movement. Four equally high horizontal bands in the Pan-African colours (from above) green, yellow, red and black.[5]
Flag of the Bakassi Movement for Self-Determination.
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

Flag Date Use Description
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]
1960–1961 1st Flag of Cameroon A vertical tricolour of green, red and yellow.[8]
1916–1960 Flag of The French Cameroon A vertical tricolour of blue, white, and red (proportions 3:2).
1916–1961 Flag of The United Kingdom A superimposition of the flags of England and Scotland with the Saint Patrick's Saltire (representing Ireland).
1916–1961 Flag of The British Cameroon A blue ensign with the arms of Cameroon.[9]
1884–1916 Flag of The German Empire A tricolour, made of three equal horizontal bands coloured black (top), white, and red (bottom)
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.
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]
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.
1884–1914 Flag of the German West Africa Company [11]
1804–1884 Flag of the Sokoto Caliphate A simple green field.
1380–1884 Flag of the Bornu Empire A Brown Field with a White Crescent Moon in the center.
700–1380 Flag of the Kanem Empire A White Field with a Green Palm Tree in the center.

See also

References

  1. ^ The International Flag Book in Color, Christian Fogd Pedersen (1971)
  2. ^ "Flag Similarity Tends to Confuse". The Spokesman-Review. March 4, 1962. Retrieved May 24, 2013.
  3. ^ "Cameroon". www.fotw.info. Retrieved 2022-04-04.
  4. ^ "Union of the Populations of Cameroon". www.fotw.info. Retrieved 2022-04-04.
  5. ^ "Bamileke National Movement (Cameroon)". www.fotw.info. Retrieved 2022-04-04.
  6. ^ "Ambazonia / Federal Republic of Southern Cameroon". www.fotw.info. Retrieved 2022-04-04.
  7. ^ "Historical flags of Cameroon". www.fotw.info. Retrieved 2022-04-04.
  8. ^ "Historical flags of Cameroon". www.fotw.info. Retrieved 2022-04-04.
  9. ^ "Historical flags of Cameroon". www.fotw.info. Retrieved 2022-04-04.
  10. ^ "Historical flags of Cameroon". www.fotw.info. Retrieved 2022-04-04.
  11. ^ "German West African Company". www.crwflags.com. Retrieved 2022-04-04.
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