The following is a list of flags of Cameroon. For more information, see flag of Cameroon.
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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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] |
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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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 |
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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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] |
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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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. |
The following is a list of flags of Cameroon. For more information, see flag of Cameroon.
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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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] |
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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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 |
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] |
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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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. |