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Gambia Flag
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Horizontal Stripes
How to identify it
Red, blue and green horizontal bands separated by thin white stripes. The blue band is narrower than the red and green bands.
Design and construction
- Adoption and legal status
- The flag was adopted at independence on 18 February 1965 after a public competition.
History of the design
The narrow white separators keep the central blue river band distinct from the red and green fields.
Sources
References for the design and any additional notes on this page.
- Gambia: flag history and construction; Flags of the World (FOTW)