List of Comorian flags
Appearance
The following is a list of flags and banners associated with the Comoros.
National Flag
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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2001–present | Flag of the Comoros | Four horizontal stripes of yellow, white, red and blue (from top to bottom); with a green chevron based on the hoist side charged with a white crescent and four five-pointed stars.[1][2][3] | |
2001–present | Flag of the Comoros (Vertical) |
Island Flags
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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2012–present | Flag of Anjouan | A red field charged with a centered white crescent moon and four white stars.[4] | |
2002–present | Flag of Grande Comore | A navy blue field charged with a crescent moon and four white stars in hoist side.[5][6] | |
2003–present | Flag of Mohéli | A large five-pointed red star centered on a yellow field.[7] |
Historical Flags
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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1500–1698 1830–1833 |
Flag of the Sultanate of Ndzuwani | A Large Red Field.[8] | |
1576–1578 | Flag of The Kingdom of Portugal | A White field with the coat of arms in the center. | |
1578–1640 | Flag of The Kingdom of Portugal | A White field with the coat of arms in the center. | |
1616–1640 | Flag of The Kingdom of Portugal (Putative) | A White field with the coat of arms in the center. | |
1640–1650 | Flag of The Kingdom of Portugal | A White field with the coat of arms in the center. | |
1698–1830 | Flag of The Omani Empire | A White Field with red Arabic script above and a red sword pointed to the right. | |
1830–1868 | Flag of the Mwali Sultanate | A simple red field.[9] | |
1833–1850 | Flag of the Sultanate of Ndzuwani | A red field with a white border.[10] | |
1841–1940 1944–1975 |
Flag of The July Monarchy, The French Second Republic, The Second French Empire, The French Third Republic, The Provisional Government of the French Republic, The French Fourth Republic and The French Fifth Republic | A vertical tricolour of blue, white, and red (proportions 3:2). | |
1841–1848 | Royal Standard of Louis-Philippe I | A vertical tricolour of blue, white, and red centered with the royal arms of Louis-Philippe I.[11] | |
1842–1867 1997–1998 |
Flag of Queen Djoumbé Fatima (also used as a Separatist flag) | A Red field with a vertical yellow stripe on the hoist side.[12][13] | |
1850 | Flag of the Sultanate of Ndzuwani | A vertical tricolour of red (hoist-side and fly-side) and white centered with an Arabic script written in black.[14] | |
1850–1893 1997–2012 |
Flag of the Sultanate of Ndzuwani (also used as a Separatist Flag and later as an Official Flag) | A Red Field centered with a white crescent moon and a hand.[15] | |
1868–1871 | Flag of the Mwali Sultanate | 8 horizontal stripes alternating red and white.[16] | |
1870 | Imperial standard of Napoléon III | A vertical tricolour of blue, white, and red centered with the red stripe larger than the other 2 stripes, several golden bees and centered with the royal arms of Napoléon III.[17] | |
1871–1886 | Flag of the Mwali Sultanate | A horizontal bicolour of white and red, similar to The Flag of Poland.[18] | |
1886–1891 | Flag of the Mwali Sultanate | A Red Field centerd with an Arabic script written in white.[19] | |
1891–1904 | Flag of the Mwali Sultanate | 8 horizontal stripes alternating red and white and a vertical green stripe on the hoist side with a crescent moon and a 5 pointed star in the canton.[20] | |
1940–1942 | Flag of Vichy France | A vertical tricolour of blue, white, and red with the axe and 7 golden stars.[21] | |
1942–1943 | Flag of The United Kingdom | A superimposition of the flags of England and Scotland with the Saint Patrick's Saltire (representing Ireland). | |
1943–1944 | Flag of Free France | A vertical tricolour of blue, white, and red with the Lorraine cross[22] | |
1963–1975 | 1st Flag of The Comoros | A green field with a white crescent at upper hoist facing the fly, four stars in a diagonal.[23] | |
1975–1978 | 2nd Flag of The Comoros | A red field with a horizontal green stripe and a white crescent moon and 4 5-pointed stars in the canton.[24] | |
1978–1992 | 3rd Flag of The Comoros | A green field charged with a centered white crescent moon and four white stars.[25] | |
1992–1996 | 4th Flag of The Comoros | A green field charged with a centered white crescent moon and four white stars.[26] | |
1996–2001 | 5th Flag of The Comoros | A green field charged with a centered white crescent moon and four white stars and a white inscription to the lower hoist and another to the upper fly. The inscriptions are written in Arabic calligraphy with the former reading "Muhammed" and the latter reading "Allah".[27] | |
2002–2003 | Flag of Mohéli | A yellow field with a vertical black stripe on the hoist side and a crescent moon and a 5-pointed star in the center.[28] |
See also
References
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- ^ Constitution de l'île autonome de Ngazidja (in French). Moroni, Comores: Union des Comores, Présidence de l'Union, Secrétariat général du gouvernement. 2002. OCLC 153775660. Archived from the original on 2022-02-21. Retrieved 2022-04-26.
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