Western Africa
Benin
A green vertical band at the hoist with yellow and red horizontal bands on the fly. It was first adopted in 1959, replaced during the Marxist period, and restored in 1990.
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Adopted
1990
Proportion
2:3
Colours
3
Colours & their meaning
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Green
Commonly said to represent hope and the palm groves of the south; no single official symbolism is consistently codified.
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Yellow
Commonly said to represent the country’s wealth.
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Red
Commonly said to represent the courage of the ancestors.
Did you know?
Benin’s current flag is actually older than the Marxist-era flag it replaced, because it restores the pre-1975 design.