Western Africa
Cape Verde
A dark blue field crossed near the lower half by narrow horizontal white-red-white stripes, with a ring of ten yellow stars toward the hoist. It was adopted in 1992, replacing an earlier Pan-African design.
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Adopted
1992
Proportion
10:17
Colours
4
Colours & their meaning
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Blue
The Atlantic Ocean and the sky.
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White
Peace.
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Red
Effort and struggle.
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Yellow
No official single fixed symbolism beyond the stars themselves; often associated with light and prosperity.
Symbols & emblems
Ten stars
The ten stars represent the ten principal islands of Cape Verde and form a circle suggesting unity.
Did you know?
Cape Verde’s current flag deliberately departed from the more common Pan-African colour scheme used by many African states after independence.