Flag of Namibia

Namibia

Use	National flag and ensign
Proportion	2:3
Adopted	21 March 1990

Presidential Standard

File:Flagge Nampol.jpg

Police Flag

The flag of Namibia was adopted on March 21, 1990 upon independence from South Africa.

The main colors were taken from the flag of the South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO), the most important liberation movement in Namibia. That flag was adopted in 1971 and comprises diagonal stripes of blue-red-green, the most important colours of the Ovambos, the largest ethnic group in the country. The flag also represents the Democratic Turnhalle Alliance, another Namibian political party. The gold sun, which is similar to the national emblem of the Republic of China, represents life and energy.

Alternatively, the chairman of the subcomittee that chose the flag after a competition where 850 designs were submitted, declared that:

• Red - represents Namibia's most important resource, its people. It refers to their heroism and their determination to build a future of equal opportunity for all;
• White - refers to peace and unity
• Green - symbolises vegetation and agricultural resources
• Blue - represents the clear Namibian sky and the Atlantic Ocean, the country's precious water resources and rain;

Red, white, and blue were the colours of the Democratic Turnhalle Alliance, and blue, red, and green, the colours of SWAPO.

Dimensions of the flag.

Historical flags

• 
  Flag of German South-West Africa from April 24, 1884 to July 9, 1915.
• Proposed flag of German South-West Africa (never used).
  Proposed flag of German South-West Africa (never used).
• 
  Flag of South West Africa between July 9, 1915 - June 28, 1919.
• 
  Flag of South West Africa from June 28, 1919 to May 31, 1928.
• 
  Flag of South West Africa between May 31, 1928 - March 21, 1990.

External links

• Namibia at Flags of the World
• World Statesmen - Namibia