Congo Republic Flag

The history of the Congo flag is not so long. The flag of republic of Congo is the fifth flag of the world, which is used as the national flag of Congo, in which the colors of the pan-African is used. These three colors on the flag Congo is originally taken from the Ghana, which is in fact instigate from the flag of Ethiopia colors. It was the solitary African state who effectively had fight against colonization.

There is a big difference between the flag of democratic republic of Congo and the flag of republic of Congo. As both of these are totally different states and have totally different flags. The Congo Kinshasa or the old name was Zaire, are the name of current democratic republic of Congo, and so there is a different democratic republic of Congo flags. The Congo Brazzaville is the other name of the republic of the Congo. To avoid the confusion between the name of both countries and also between the Congo flag and the democratic republic of Congo flag the flag of republic of Congo was actually adopted on 18th august 1958. This flag was adopted two years before the people of Congo gained independence on 15th august 1960 from France. But this flag of republic of Congo was deserted on 1970, and again on 10th June 1991 was adopt again as the national flag of republic of Congo. The flag of Congo was approved by the coat of arms on 10th June 1991. The flag of Congo, which was used as the country flag in Congo in the time span of 1970 to 1992, was actually enthused by the flag of soviet.

The description of the Congo flag is very simple; the flag of republic of Congo is made in the proportion of 2:3. There are three diagonal strips on the flag of Congo, with green, yellow and red color. The strips are drawn in the upside-down format. At the pole side of the flag of Congo the green color strip is drawn, it is more like a rectangle in shape. At the flown side of the flag of republic of Congo the red color strip is draw, it is more like a rectangle in shape. While in the middle of these two, green and red, strip or rectangle there is a yellow color slender strip also drawn in diagonal direction on the flag of republic of Congo. Both the green color strip on the flag of Congo and red color strip on the flag of Congo are of equal size. While the central yellow color strip is quite narrow then the other two strips.

The flag democratic republic Congo color and design is totally different from the republic of Congo flag color and design. The background of democratic rep. Congo flag is blue, and there are six small yellow colored stars on left side and one big yellow colored star in the middle of the flag democratic republic.

The republic of Congo flag meaning is simple but not in so much detail; as the unite- travail-progress is the motto of the flag of republic of Congo, which means that the unity among the people of Congo, the labor of the republic of Congo, the progress and development of the people and the republic of Congo country.

The pictures of the republic of Congo are easily available on internet, either in the animated form or in static form. Along with the other information of the republic of Congo, maps of Congo, and other things.