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Namibian flag

The flag of Namibia consists of a red bend edged in two white bands with a blue upper triangle charged with an 12-ray yellow sun and green lower triangle.

The flag was adopted on 21 March 1990 upon independence from South Africa. During apartheid rule, it used the South African orange-white-blue tricolor.

DesignEdit

The National Symbols Sub-Committee received 870 entries for the national flag. Six designs were short-listed; this was reduced to three, those of three Namibians – Theo Jankowski of Rehoboth, Don Stevenson<ref>Template:Citation</ref> of Windhoek and Ortrud Clay of Lüderitz. These three designs were combined to form the Namibia national flag, adopted unanimously on 2 February 1990 by the Constituent Assembly. The three designers were publicly acknowledged by judge Hans Berker, the chairman of the subcommittee, at the unveiling ceremony on 9 March 1990.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>{{ safesubst:#invoke:Unsubst||date=__DATE__ |$B= Template:Fix }}

However, two other claims were made – South African Frederick Brownell claimed that he had designed the flag in his role as South African State Herald.<ref name=Brownell>Template:Citation (A series of 8 articles.)</ref> The other claimant was Briton Roy Allen, who claimed that the flag design was the result of a competition run by Hannes Smith of the Windhoek Observer, and that he had won.<ref name=Plymouth>Template:Cite news</ref>

It is one of the few national flags incorporating a diagonal line, with other examples including the DR Congo, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, and Brunei.

ColoursEdit

The colours of the Namibian flag are described in the Government Gazette.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> This document also details construction of the Presidential flag. The tone or specific shade for white has not been specified.

Colour model Blue Yellow gold Green Red White
Pantone 294 C 116 C 347 C 186 C White
Coates SP 5 809 1 802 65 35
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0, 47, 108 (#002F6C) 255, 205, 0 (#FFCD00) 0, 154, 68 (#009A44) 200, 16, 46 (#C8102E) 255, 255, 255 (#FFFFFF)

Construction sheetEdit

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SymbolismEdit

The chairman explained the symbolism of the flag's colours as follows:<ref name="Brownell" />

  • Red – represents Namibia's most important resource, its people. It refers to their heroism and their determination to build a future of equal opportunity for all.
  • White – represents peace, unity, tranquility, and harmony.
  • Green – symbolises vegetation and agricultural resources.
  • Blue – represents the clear Namibian sky and the Atlantic Ocean, the country's precious water resources and rain.
  • Golden-yellow sun – life and energy. The golden-yellow colour represents wealth of the country.
  • The twelve rays of the sun – represents the twelve ethnicities of Namibia, which make up most of the Namibian population, which are divided into four main groups of three.

DescriptionEdit

The flag has a white-edged red diagonal band radiating diagonally from the lower hoist-side corner. The upper triangle is blue with a gold sun with 12 triangular rays and the lower triangle is green.

Blazon: Per bend sinister Azure and Vert, a bend sinister Gules fimbriated Argent and in dexter chief a Sun with twelve straight rays Or charged with an annulet Azure.

Other flagsEdit

  • Flag of the President of Namibia.svg

    Presidential Standard

  • Flag of the Namibian Police Force.svg

    Police Flag

  • Flag of the Namibian Defence Force.png

    NDF Flag

  • Flag of the Namibian Army.svg

    Army Flag

  • Flag of the Namibian Navy.svg

    Navy Flag

  • Flag of the Namibian Air Force.svg

    Air Force Flag

Historical flagsEdit

  • Flag of Germany (1867–1918).svg

    Flag of the German Empire

  • Reichskolonialflagge.svg

    Flag of the Reich Colonial Office, used in German South-West Africa from 24 April 1884 to 9 July 1915.

  • Flag of Deutsch-Südwest.svg

    Proposed flag of German South-West Africa.

  • Flag of the United Kingdom.svg

    Flag of South West Africa between 1915 and 28 June 1919.

  • Red Ensign of South Africa (1912–1951).svg

    Merchant flag of South West Africa from 1915 to 1928.

  • Flag of South Africa (1928-1994).svg

    Flag of South West Africa from 1928 until 1982 under Mandates and Trusteeships by South Africa.

  • Flag of South Africa (1982–1994).svg

    Flag of South West Africa from 1982 until 1990 under Mandates and Trusteeships by South Africa.

  • Flag of South West Africa People's Organisation.svg

    Flag of SWAPO used at the United Nations between 1976 and 21 March 1990.

Flags of bantustans in South West AfricaEdit

Some of the bantustans established by South Africa during its period of administering South West Africa had adopted their own distinctive flags whilst others used the flag of South Africa.

See alsoEdit

ReferencesEdit

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External linksEdit

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