Eastern Africa
Uganda
Six equal horizontal stripes of black, yellow and red repeated twice, with a white disc at the centre bearing a grey crowned crane facing the hoist. The design was adopted at independence in 1962.
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Adopted
1962
Proportion
2:3
Colours
5
Colours & their meaning
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Black
Represents the people of Uganda.
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Yellow
Represents Africa’s sunshine.
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Red
Represents the brotherhood of Africans and the blood that unites them.
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White
Used in the central disc; no distinct official symbolism separate from the emblem is usually specified.
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Grey
Used for the crowned crane emblem; no separate official colour symbolism.
Symbols & emblems
Did you know?
An earlier independence flag adopted in 1962 was replaced almost immediately before independence celebrations, resulting in the current design.