Comoros Flag

How to identify it

Four horizontal bands of yellow, white, red and blue with a green triangle next to the flagpole carrying a white crescent and four white stars.

Design and construction

Adoption and legal status

The present design followed the constitution approved in December 2001 and came into use in January 2002.

Construction

Four horizontal bands of yellow, white, red and blue, with a green triangle carrying a white crescent and four stars.

Officially documented meaning

The four bands and four stars represent Grande Comore, Mohéli, Anjouan and Mayotte. Mayotte is administered by France and claimed by Comoros.

History of the design

The 2002 design added separate colours for the four islands to the green, crescent and stars used in earlier Comorian flags.

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