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BURKINA
PHASE
#B / BURKINA FASO / Africa
.BF
Official name:
Burkina Faso
*French / Burkina Faso
Capital: Ouagadougou
Idiom: French
Form of Government: Unitary semi-presidential republic
Currency: West African CFA Franc
Demonym: Burkinabe
Administrative divition: 13 Regions
FLAG
This flag was adopted on August 4, 1984 and designed by then President Thomas Sankara.
The Burkina Faso flag is made up of two horizontal stripes of equal width, the upper one red and the lower one green, with a yellow five-pointed star in the center of the flag. The colors are those of pan-Africanism (which are based on those of the Ethiopian flag), although they also represent the socialist revolution (red) and the fertility of the land of Burkina Faso (green). The yellow star represents the luminous guide of the revolution.
National flag
Ratio: 2 x 3
The current territory of Burkina Faso became independent from France on August 1, 1960 under the name of Upper Volta. The flag of that state was a tricolor formed by three horizontal stripes. The colors black, white and red represented the three main branches of the Volta River that crossed the country.
The flag was abolished when the name of Burkina Faso and the current flag were adopted.
ICONOGRAPHY
Star
MEANING
It represents the luminous guide of the revolution.
CONSTRUCTION
To : 18 | B : 6 | S : 9 | D : 4
COLORS
49 %
Red
HEX CODE
# ef2b2d
SYMBOLIZES:
REPRESENTS THE SOCIALIST REVOLUTION
49 %
Green
HEX CODE
# 009e49
2 %
Yellow
HEX CODE
# fcd116
SYMBOLIZES:
REPRESENTS THE FERTILITY OF THE EARTH
HISTORY
Flag of
Upper Volta
1960 - 1984
Flag of
Upper Volta
1960 - 1984
SHIELD
The coat of arms of Burkina Faso currently in force was adopted in August 1997. It is cut, gules and sinople, with a gold five-pointed star standing out on the partition; These are the colors and elements that make up the national flag. It has as supports two silver horses on both sides, with a pair of lances passed in a cross coupled behind the shield. At the top, a ribbon with the name of the state; at the base, another with the national motto in French: "Unité, Progrès, Justice" ("Unity, Progress, Justice"), accompanied on both sides by ears of sorghum and surmounted by an open book.
It took up the model of the first coat of arms of the independent Republic and replaced the coat of arms of the revolutionary stage, of a socialist nature.
