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GUINEA
.GN
Official name:
Republic of Guinea
*French / Republic of Guinée
Capital: Conakry
Idiom: French
Form of Government: Unitary presidentialist republic under a provisional military junta
Currency: Guinean franc
Demonym: Guinean/-na
Administrative divition: 8 Regions
FLAG
The national flag of Guinea was adopted on November 10, 1958, with the publication of the country's first Constitution.
The colors of the flag were adapted from those of the Rassemblement Démocratique Africain, the dominant movement at the time of independence. The colors, in turn, were derived from those of the flag of Ghana, which first adopted them in 1957. Sékou Touré, the first president of Guinea, was a close associate of Kwame Nkrumah, the former president of Ghana.
National flag
Ratio: 2 x 3
According to Sékou Touré, the first president of Guinea, the three colors of the flag represent the following: red symbolizes the blood of the anti-colonial martyrs, the work of the working classes and the desire for progress; yellow represents Guinean gold, as well as the sun, which is "a source of energy, generosity and equality for all men to whom it gives light equally"; and green represents the vegetation of the country, the continuing prosperity that stems from its natural resources, and the historically difficult life of the Guinean masses living in the countryside. In turn, the symbolism behind each of the three colors corresponds to the three components of the national motto: "Travail, Justice, Solidarité" ( "Work, Justice, Solidarity" ).
OTHER FLAGS
Presidential Flag
Ratio: 2 x 3
CONSTRUCTION
A : 1 | B : 2
COLORS
33 %
Red
HEX CODE
# ce1126
SYMBOLIZES:
REPRESENTS THE BLOOD OF THE ANTI-COLONIALIST MARTYRS
33 %
Yellow
HEX CODE
# fcd116
SYMBOLIZES:
REPRESENTS THE SUN AND THE GUINEAN GOLD
33 %
Green
HEX CODE
# 009460
SYMBOLIZES:
REPRESENTS THE VEGETATION, THE PROSPERITY THAT ARISES FROM ITS NATURAL RESOURCES
SHIELD
The coat of arms of Guinea was officially approved on December 23, 1993, following the adoption of the new multi-party system.
It is a shield of argent added to a dove flying that carries an olive branch in its beak that falls on the field. Below the shield, crossed in a stick with the pan-African colors of the state flag: gules (red), gold (yellow) and sinople (green). At the bottom is a ribbon with the national motto in French: "TRAVAIL, JUSTICE, SOLIDARITÉ" (Work, Justice, Solidarity).
