Banner o Equatorial Guinea

The banner o Equatorial Guinea wis adoptit on August 21, 1979.

Features an seembolism

The banner is a horizontal tricolor, wi green, white an reid stripes an a blue triangle at the hoist.

 Green seembolizes the naitural resoorces an jungles o the kintra.
 Blue seembolizes the sea, which connects the main kintra wi the islands.
 White seembolizes peace.
 Red seembolizes the fecht for independence.

History

The banner wis first flewn on the day o independence, October 12, 1968, an it showed the naitional emblem in the center. Housomeivver, in 1972, during the regime o Francisco Nguema, a different naitional emblem appeared on the banner.http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/gq_1973.html#nguema The oreeginal coat o airms wis restored efter Nguema wis deposed in August 1979. The airms consists o a siller shield wi a silk-cotton tree, which wis derived frae the airms o Rio Muni. Abuin the shield is an arc o 6 sax-pointit yellae stars, that represent Rio Muni an the affshore islands. Beneath the shield is a siller scroll wi the naitional motto, Unidad, Paz, Justicia ("Unity, Peace, Justice").

See an aa
 Coat o airms o Equatorial Guinea

References

External links

Equatorial Guinea
Category:Naitional seembols o Equatorial Guinea