Flag of Equatorial Guinea
The flag of Equatorial Guinea is a horizontal tricolor in the colors green, white and red, with inserted blue triangle on the left.
Importance
- Green stands for the natural resources and the jungle of the country
- Blue stands for the water which connects the mainland with the islands
- White symbolizes peace
- Red represents the struggle for independence
In the mid strip the coat of arms of Equatorial Guinea with mangrove tree, six yellow stars and the motto is Justicia Unidad Paz ( Peace Unity justice).
History
During the Spanish colonial period, only the flag of Spain was used. About its own flag, the colony or the Overseas Province possessed not.
The flag was originally introduced to the country's independence on 12 October 1968. Initially, there were no clear rules as to when the coat of arms had to be used in the flag, so there were also versions without coat of arms in the early years. During the dictatorship of Francisco Macías Nguema 1973-1979 the emblem was changed. It was a cock, a sword, several traditional African tools to work the fields and beside the motto of the country in a banner another banner with the word Trabajo (working ). This crest was used from 1978 also in the flag. Since then, the keeping of the coat of arms in the flag requirement. On August 21, 1979, after the fall Nguemas the old coat of arms again officially introduced and taken up again in the national flag.
? National Flag, 1978-1979
More flags of Equatorial Guinea
The people of Bubi on the island of Bioko used a multi- green-red striped flag with a blue canton, by resting traditional symbols in a white triangle. The company resulting from the people of Bubi independence movement Grupo Nacionalista Bubi 1 de Abril (Group of Bubi Nationalists April 1 ) uses a blue -white- green tricolor with a four-engine, black star in the center of the white stripe.
Grupo Nacionalista Bubi 1 de Abril