Cameroon Flag

How to identify it

Green, red and yellow vertical bands with a single yellow star in the red centre band. Senegal uses green, yellow and red instead and places a green star on yellow.

Design and construction

Adoption and legal status

The tricolour dates from 1957; the current single-star version was adopted in 1975 when the federal state became a unitary republic.

History of the design

A two-star version used from 1961 to 1975 represented the two components of the former federation.

Similar flags

Compare the details that separate these designs.

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  Senegal

  Senegal places green at the flagpole side and its green star on yellow; Cameroon centres a yellow star on its red middle band.

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