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#G / EQUATORIAL GUINEA / Africa
.GQ
Official name:
Republic of Equatorial Guinea
*French / Republique de Guinée Equatoriale
*Portuguese / Equatorial Guiné Republic
Capital: Malabo
Idiom: Spanish, French and Portuguese
Form of Government: Presidential republic
Currency: Central African CFA Franc
Demonym: Equatoguinean/-na
Administrative divition: 8 Provinces
GUINEA
EQUATORIAL
FLAG
The flag of Equatorial Guinea was adopted on August 21, 1979.
The flag is a horizontal tricolor, with green, white and red stripes and a blue triangle on the hoist. Green symbolizes the country's natural resources, agriculture and jungles. Blue symbolizes the sea, which connects the mainland with the islands. White symbolizes peace. Red symbolizes the blood shed by the fighters for independence.
The six stars on the map represent the mainland of the country and five islands. Under the mandate of dictator Francisco Nguema, the flag was modified and a different national coat of arms was used on it. After he was deposed, the original flag was restored.
National flag
Ratio: 2 x 3
The flag flew for the first time on independence day, October 12, 1968, and featured the national coat of arms in the center. However, in 1973, during the Francisco Nguema regime, a different national coat of arms was used on the flag. Under the reign of Nguema, the shield consisted of various tools, a sword and a hen. The modified national motto Trabajo (work) and Unidad, Paz, Justicia (Unity, Peace, Justice) was written in two stripes. The original coat of arms was restored after Nguema was deposed on August 21, 1979. The arms consist of a silver shield bearing a silk cotton tree, or Ceiba in the local language, which was derived from the arms of Mun River. On the shield there is an arch of 6 yellow six-pointed stars, which represent Río Muni and the islands off the coast. Beneath the shield is a silver scroll bearing the national motto, Unidad, Paz, Justicia ("Unity, Peace, Justice"). It is believed that under a silk cotton tree a treaty was signed between Spain and a local ruler that marked the beginning of colonial rule.
ICONOGRAPHY
stars
MEANING
They represent the continental region of the country and its five islands.
Tree
MEANING
It represents a tree of Cotton Silk or Bombax.
Motto
MEANING
Unity, peace and justice.
CONSTRUCTION
A : 9 | B : 18 | S : 8 | D : 12
COLORS
14 %
Blue
HEX CODE
# 0073ce
SYMBOLIZES:
REPRESENTS THE SEA THAT CONNECTS THE CONTINENT WITH THE ISLANDS
30 %
Green
HEX CODE
# 3e9a00
SYMBOLIZES:
REPRESENTS THE NATURAL RESOURCES, AGRICULTURE AND THE JUNGLES OF THE COUNTRY
26 %
White
HEX CODE
#ffffff
SYMBOLIZES:
PEACE
30 %
Red
HEX CODE
# e32118
SYMBOLIZES:
THE BLOOD SPILLED BY FIGHTERS FOR FREEDOM
HISTORY
Flag of
Equatorial Guinea
1968 - 1973
Flag of
Equatorial Guinea
1973 - 1979
Flag of
Equatorial Guinea
1968 - 1973
Flag of
Equatorial Guinea
1973 - 1979
Flag of
Equatorial Guinea
1968 - 1973
Flag of
Equatorial Guinea
1973 - 1979
Flag of
Equatorial Guinea
1968 - 1973
Flag of
Equatorial Guinea
1973 - 1979
Flag of
Equatorial Guinea
1968 - 1973
Flag of
Equatorial Guinea
1973 - 1979
Flag of
Equatorial Guinea
1968 - 1973
Flag of
Equatorial Guinea
1973 - 1979
Flag of
Equatorial Guinea
1968 - 1973
Flag of
Equatorial Guinea
1973 - 1979
Flag of
Equatorial Guinea
1968 - 1973
Flag of
Equatorial Guinea
1968 - 1973
Flag of
Equatorial Guinea
1973 - 1979
REGIONAL FLAGS
flag of the
Province of
Annobon
flag of the
Province of
North Bioko
flag of the
Province of
Bioko of the South
flag of the
Province of
South Central
flag of the
Province of
Djibloho
flag of the
Province of
Klé - Ntem
flag of the
Province of
Coast
flag of the
Province of
Wele - Nzas
SHIELD
The coat of arms of Equatorial Guinea was approved on October 12, 1968. It is a silver field that shows a silk cotton tree or semul tree in its natural colors. The six six-pointed stars represent the five islands and the mainland that make up the territory of Equatorial Guinea. Below appears, written on a tape, the national motto in Spanish: “Unity, Peace, Justice” .
The coat of arms, very similar to the one used during the colonial era, was changed during the dictatorship of Francisco Macías Nguema (1972-1979) for another with more Africanist reminiscences, with traditional tools and weapons, a rooster (symbol of the PUNT, the party of Macías Nguema), and the word "Work" added to the national motto,1 and later restored in August 1979 after the overthrow of Macías.
