Mauritius Flag

How to identify it

Four plain horizontal bands of red, blue, yellow and green, all the same depth. The four-band order and lack of an emblem separate it from other red-yellow-green designs.

Design and construction

Adoption and legal status

The four equal horizontal bands were adopted at independence on 12 March 1968.

History of the design

The design is commonly called the Four Bands and is unusual among national flags for using four plain equal stripes.

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