Coat o airms o the Central African Republic

The Coat o Airms o the Central African Republic consists o a shield in the center, wi twa banners on its edges, an wi a sun risin ower the shield.  Belaw an abuin the shield are banners, an thare is a medal locatit ablow the shield as well.

Seembolism
ZO KWE ZO, the motto in Sango, means "A man is a man" or "Aw fowk are fowk".

The elephant an the baobab tree represent naitur an the backbone o the kintra. The gowd starn on a cairt o Africae seembolizes the poseetion o the Central African Republic. The haund (bottom richt quarter) wis the seembol o the dominant MESAN pairty in 1963 when the airms wur adoptit.
The bottom left quarter haulds 3 diamonds, which seembolise the mineral resoorces o the kintra.

The medal unner the shield is the honorific decoration o the Order o Central African Merit.

An earlier version o the coat o airms haed the wirds "1er DECEMBRE 1958" written athin the sun.Guide to the Flags of the World by Mauro Talocci, revised and updated by Whitney Smith (ISBN 0-688-01141-1), p. 145.

See an aa
Coat o airms o the Central African Empire

References

Category:Naitional seembols o the Central African Republic
Central African Republic