List of Cameroonian flags

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The following is a list of flags of Cameroon. For more information, see flag of Cameroon.

National flag and state flag[edit]

Flag Date Use Description
1975–present Flag of Cameroon A vertical tricolour of green, red and yellow, with a gold star centred on the red band.[1][2][3]

Flags of political parties[edit]

Flag Date Use Description
1956–present Flag of the Union of the Peoples of Cameroon A black crab in the center of a red field.[4]
Flag of the Cameroonian National Union
Flag of the Social Democratic Front

Separatist movements flags[edit]

Flag Date Use Description
Flag of the Bamileke National Movement. Four equally high horizontal bands in the Pan-African colours (from above) green, yellow, red and black.[5]
Flag of the Bakassi Movement for Self-Determination.
Flag of Ambazonia. 'Ambazonia' is used by proponents of independence for the former British Cameroon to name their desired state. Five blue and four white horizontal bands with a blue Canton in which a bird in a circle of thirteen golden stars.[6]

Historical flags[edit]

Flag Date Use Description
1961–1975 2nd Flag of Cameroon A vertical tricolour of green, red and yellow with two gold (darker than the third stripe by comparison) stars in the upper half of the green.[7]
1960–1961 1st Flag of Cameroon A vertical tricolour of green, red and yellow.[8]
1916–1960 Flag of The French Cameroon A vertical tricolour of blue, white, and red (proportions 3:2).
1916–1961 Flag of The United Kingdom A superimposition of the flags of England and Scotland with the Saint Patrick's Saltire (representing Ireland).
1916–1961 Flag of The British Cameroon A blue ensign with the arms of Cameroon.[9]
1884–1916 Flag of The German Empire A tricolour, made of three equal horizontal bands coloured black (top), white, and red (bottom)
1884–1916 Colonial Flag A tricolour, made of three equal horizontal bands coloured black (top), white, and red (bottom) with the German Eagle in the center.
1914 1st Proposed Flag of German Kamerun A tricolour, made of three equal horizontal bands coloured black (top), white, and red (bottom) with a white elephant on a gules field in the center.[10]
1914 2nd Proposed Flag of German Kamerun A tricolour, made of three equal horizontal bands coloured black (top), white, and red (bottom) with a white elephant on a gules disc in the center.
1884–1914 Flag of the German West Africa Company [11]
1804–1884 Flag of the Sokoto Caliphate A simple green field.
1380–1884 Flag of the Bornu Empire A Brown Field with a White Crescent Moon in the center.
700–1380 Flag of the Kanem Empire A White Field with a Green Palm Tree in the center.

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ The International Flag Book in Color, Christian Fogd Pedersen (1971)
  2. ^ "Flag Similarity Tends to Confuse". The Spokesman-Review. March 4, 1962. Retrieved May 24, 2013.
  3. ^ "Cameroon". www.fotw.info. Retrieved 2022-04-04.
  4. ^ "Union of the Populations of Cameroon". www.fotw.info. Retrieved 2022-04-04.
  5. ^ "Bamileke National Movement (Cameroon)". www.fotw.info. Retrieved 2022-04-04.
  6. ^ "Ambazonia / Federal Republic of Southern Cameroon". www.fotw.info. Retrieved 2022-04-04.
  7. ^ "Historical flags of Cameroon". www.fotw.info. Retrieved 2022-04-04.
  8. ^ "Historical flags of Cameroon". www.fotw.info. Retrieved 2022-04-04.
  9. ^ "Historical flags of Cameroon". www.fotw.info. Retrieved 2022-04-04.
  10. ^ "Historical flags of Cameroon". www.fotw.info. Retrieved 2022-04-04.
  11. ^ "German West African Company". www.crwflags.com. Retrieved 2022-04-04.
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