The following is a list of flags of Cameroon. For more information, see flag of Cameroon.
National flag and state flag FlagDateUseDescription 1975–present Flag of Cameroon A vertical tricolour of green, red, and yellow, with a gold star centred on the red band.The International Flag Book in Color, Christian Fogd Pedersen (1971)
Flags of political parties FlagDateUseDescription 1956–present Flag of the Union of the Peoples of Cameroon A black crab in the center of a red field. Flag of the Cameroonian National Union A red sixteen-pointed sun on a white field. Flag of the Social Democratic Front Scales resting on a white block, inside a thin white circle in the hoist of a green field.
Separatist movements flags FlagDateUseDescription Flag of the Bamileke National Movement. Four equal horizontal bands in the Pan-African colours – from above: green, yellow, red, and black. Flag of the Bakassi Movement for Self-Determination. Flag of Ambazonia. 'Ambazonia' is used by proponents of independence for the former British Cameroon to name their desired state. Five blue and four white horizontal bands with a blue canton containing a bird in a circle of thirteen golden stars.
Historical flags
FlagDateUseDescription 1961–1975 Second flag of Cameroon A vertical tricolour of green, red, and yellow with two gold stars (darker than the yellow band) in the upper half of the green. 1960–1961 First flag of Cameroon A vertical tricolour of green, red, and yellow. 1916–1960 Flag of French Cameroon A vertical tricolour of blue, white, and red (proportions 3:2). 1916–1961 Flag of the United Kingdom A superimposition of the flags of England and Scotland with the Saint Patrick's Saltire (representing Ireland). 1916–1961 Flag of British Cameroon A blue ensign with the arms of Cameroon. 1884–1916 Flag of the German Empire A tricolour, made of three equal horizontal bands coloured black (top), white, and red (bottom). 1884–1916 Colonial Flag A tricolour, made of three equal horizontal bands coloured black (top), white, and red (bottom) with the German Eagle in the center. 1914 First proposed flag of German Kamerun A tricolour, made of three equal horizontal bands coloured black (top), white, and red (bottom) with a white elephant on a red shield in the center. 1914 Second proposed flag of German Kamerun A tricolour, made of three equal horizontal bands coloured black (top), white, and red (bottom) with a white elephant on a red disc in the center. 1884–1914 Flag of the German West Africa Company 1804–1884 Flag of the Sokoto Caliphate A simple green field. 1380–1884 Flag of the Bornu Empire A brown field with a white crescent moon in the center. 700–1380 Flag of the Kanem Empire A white pennon with a green palm tree in the center.
See also Flag of Cameroon Coat of arms of Cameroon
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