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#TO / ANGOLA / Africa
ANGOLA
.AO
Official name:
Republic of Angola
*Portuguese / Republic of Angola
Capital: Luanda
Idiom: Portuguese
Form of Government: Presidential republic
Currency: Kwanza
Demonym: Angolan/-ña
Administrative divition: 18 Provinces
FLAG
The flag of Angola is divided horizontally into two halves, a red upper stripe and a black lower part. The red color symbolizes the blood shed by the people during the struggle for independence and the black symbolizes the African continent. The symbol in the center, in yellow, is made up of a gear intersected with a machete and a star. The gear represents industrial workers, the machete farmers, and the star progress and international solidarity.
Based on the flag of the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA), the symbols are reminiscent of the hammer and sickle of the Soviet flag.
National flag
Ratio: 2 x 3
OTHER FLAGS
PROPOSED FLAG
In 2003 a new national flag was proposed for Angola. On August 28 of that year it was approved by the Constitutional Commission. However, there is a popular movement against this flag, which can only be made official when a Constituent Assembly is established.
Proposal Flag
Ratio: 2 x 3
Presidential Banner
Ratio: 2 x 3
ICONOGRAPHY
Gear
MEANING
Represents the industrial workers of.
Machete
MEANING
Represent the farmers.
Star
MEANING
It represents progress and international solidarity.
CONSTRUCTION
To : 69 | B : 45 | C :37 | D : 73 | E : 28
F : 25 | G : 22 | H : 8
COLORS
48 %
Red
HEX CODE
# cc092f
SYMBOLIZES:
THE BLOOD SPILLED FOR INDEPENDENCE
46 %
Black
HEX CODE
# 000000
SYMBOLIZES:
THE AFRICAN CONTINENT
6 %
Yellow
HEX CODE
# ffcb00
6.HISTORIA
Bandera del
Reino de Portugal
1482 - 1485
Bandera del
Reino de Portugal
1485 - 1495
Bandera del
Reino de Portugal
1495 - 1521
Bandera del
Reino de Portugal
1521 - 1578
Bandera del
Reino de Portugal
1578 - 1640
Bandera del
Reino de Portugal
1640 - 1641
Bandera de la
ocupación holandesa
1641 - 1648
Bandera del
Reino de Portugal
1648 - 1667
Bandera del
Reino de Portugal
1667 - 1707
Bandera del
Reino de Portugal
1707 - 1816
Bandera del
Reino de Portugal
1816 - 1830
Bandera del
Reino de Portugal
1830 - 1911
Bandera de
Portugal
1911 - 1975
SHIELD
The coat of arms of Angola, more an emblem than a heraldic shield, in its current version dates from 1990, the year in which the official name of the State was changed, "Popular Republic of Angola" -adopted as a result of independence, in 1975 -, by the current "Republic of Angola". However, the shield still retains the Marxist evocation of the original emblem, elements that are also repeated on the national flag.
It is a circular emblem in the center of which there is a machete and a hoe passed in a cross, alluding to the revolution of the working agricultural people that led to independence. Above, a five-pointed star, another socialist symbol, in allegory of progress. Below, a rising sun, the traditional symbol of a new beginning. All these elements are surrounded by a circle formed by half a cogwheel, a symbol of industry workers, and in the other half a bunch of coffee leaves and an ear of corn, due to the significance of these agricultural resources in the Angolan economy.
At the base, an open book represents the importance of education. Under the emblem, a ribbon bears the official Portuguese name of the State; this is the only element that changed in the modification made to the shield in 1990.
