Zambia

For the other country that contains "Rhodesia" in it's former name, see Zimbabwe.
The flag of Zambia consists of a green field with a panel of three vertical bands of red (hoist side), black, and orange below a soaring orange eagle, on the fly edge of the flag.Flag of Zambia at CIA World Factbook
The flag is unusual because it has its charges concentrated in its fly half.
==Symbolism==
* The red stands for the struggle for freedom.
* The black stands for the Zambian people.
* The orange stands for natural resources and mineral wealth.
* The eagle represents the people's ability to rise above the nation's problems.Zambia at Flags of the World
* Historically the panel of vertical stripes was a depiction of the Victoria Falls.
==History==
Ever since 1964, Zambia has always been a colony of the United Kingdom, first being under the British South Africa Company, and under its' own name of Northern Rhodesia, and at one point, merged with Southern Rhodesia and Nyasaland.
File:British South Africa Company.svg|1890-1964
File:Northern Rhodesia.svg|1923-1953
File:Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland.svg|1953-1964
When the country achieved independence, it picked a flag that was based on the flag of the United National Independence Party that was also inspired by the earlier flag of the Northern Rhodesia. In 1996, the flag was slightly modified — the shade of green became slightly lighter.Zambia, flag of. (2009). In Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved January 21, 2009, from Encyclopædia Britannica Online.
==References==
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