# List of Ugandan flags

The Following is a list of flags and banners used in Uganda.

## National flag

| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
| | 1962-Present | Flag of Uganda | 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. |

## Government flag

| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
| | 1962-Present | Presidential Flag of Uganda | A Red Field with 6 lines of black (top), yellow, red, black, yellow, and red (bottom) downwards and the coat of arms in the center. |

## Ethnic group flags

| Date | Use |
| 1993-Present | Flag of The Ankole people |
| 1994-Present | Flag of The Bunyoro people |
| 1962-Present | Flag of The Busoga people |
| 1962-Present | Flag of The Acholi people |
| 1962-Present | Flag of The Lango people |
| 1962-Present | Flag of The Rwenzururu people |
| 1962-Present | Flag of The Toro people |

## Political flags
### Political parties

| Date | Use | Description |
| c.2003-Present | Flag of The Democratic Party | A Horizontal bicolour of white and green. |
| 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. A white disc is superimposed at the centre and depicts the party's symbol, a yellow bus. |
| 1960-1966 | Flag of The Uganda People's Congress | A Horizontal tricolour of black, yellow and red. |
| 1966-Present | Flag of The Uganda People's Congress | A Horizontal tricolour of black, red and blue. |

### Rebel groups

| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
| | 1996-Present | Flag of The Allied Democratic Forces | A Horizontal tricolour of blue, white and red with a green isosceles triangle based on the hoist side and the letters ADM/A written in blue on the white band. |
| | c.1987-Present | Flag of The Lord's Resistance Army | Allegedly a horizontal tricolour of red, black, and blue. |

## Military flags

| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
| | 1962-Present | Flag of The Uganda People's Defence Force | A Green Field with 6 lines of black (top), yellow, red, black, yellow, and red (bottom) downwards and the UPDF's emblem in the center. |
| | 1964-Present | Flag of The Uganda Air Force | A Cyan Field with 6 lines of black (top), yellow, red, black, yellow, and red (bottom) downwards and the air force's emblem in the center. |

## Subdivision flags
### Traditional kingdoms

* Ankole
* Buganda
* Bunyoro
* Busoga
* Tooro

### Historical flags

* Buganda (1860)
* Buganda (1861 - 1876, 1881 - 1890)
* Buganda (1876 - 1881)
* Buganda (1891 - 1892)
* Buganda (1892)
* Buganda (1900)

## Historical flags
### Kingdom of Buganda

| Date | Use | Description |
| 1860-1861 | Flag of The Kingdom of Buganda | A Simple red field. |
| 1861-1876 1881-1890 | Flag of The Kingdom of Buganda | A red field with a white stripe facing on the hoist side. |
| 1876-1881 | Flag of The Kingdom of Buganda | A White swallowtailed field with 2 vertical stripes of red and blue. |

### Belgian Empire

| Date | Use | Description |
| 1894-1910 | Flag of Belgium | A vertical tricolour of black, yellow, and red. |
| 1894-1910 | Flag of The Congo Free State and The Belgian Congo | A yellow five-pointed flag on a blue background. |
| 1894-1910 | Flag of The Lado Enclave | A blue field with a yellow saltire that extends to the corners of the flag and 4 yellow stars in each blue corner. |

### British Empire

| Date | Use | Description |
| 1890-1962 | Flag of The United Kingdom | A superimposition of the flags of England and Scotland with the Saint Patrick's Saltire (representing Ireland). |
| 1890-1894 | Flag of The Imperial British East Africa Company | British Blue Ensign with the crown and beneath it the golden sun. |
| 1890-1894 | Governor Flag of The Imperial British East Africa Company | A Union Flag defaced with the crown and beneath it the golden sun. |
| 1914-1962 | Flag of The Protectorate of Uganda | British Blue Ensign with the emblem of Uganda. |
| 1914-1962 | Governor Flag of The Protectorate of Uganda | A Union Flag defaced with the Emblem of Uganda. |
| 1962 | Flag of The Dominion of Uganda | A Vertical tricolour of green, blue and green with 2 lines between the stripes and a grey crowned crane, facing the hoist side in yellow on the blue stripe. |