List of Angolan flags
Appearance
This is a list of flags associated with Angola.
National flag
[edit]Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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1975–present |
Standards of the head of state
[edit]Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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current
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?–present |
Standard of the President of Angola |
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former
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?–1975 |
Flag of Governor of Portuguese Angola |
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?–1975 |
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1510s–c. 1543 |
Police
[edit]Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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current
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?-present |
Flag of the Angola National Policept |
Penitentiary Service
[edit]Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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current
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?-present |
Flag of the Angola Penitentiary Service |
Olympic Committee
[edit]Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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current
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1979-present |
Flag of the Angolan Olympic Committee |
Historical flags
[edit]Flag | Date | Regime | Description |
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c. 1883 |
Royal Banner of the Kingdom of Kakongo |
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c. 17th century |
Flag of the Kingdom of Kongo according to Giovanni Cavazzi da Montecuccolo |
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c. 17th century |
Flag of the Kingdom of Ndongo according to Giovanni Cavazzi da Montecuccolo |
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Proposed flags
[edit]Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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2003 |
Proposed flag of Angola |
Five horizontal stripes: the top and bottom stripes are blue, separated by thin white stripes, with a broad red stripe in the middle. Centered on the red stripe is a yellow sun. The sun design in the middle is meant to be reminiscent of cave paintings found in Tchitundo-Hulu cave near Virei.[3][4]
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1996 |
Proposed flag of Angola |
Three horizontal stripes: red, green and black, combining the colors of the MPLA and UNITA parties and providing Pan-African colors.
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1965 |
Proposed flag of the Portuguese overseas province of Angola |
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1932 |
Proposed flag of the Colony of Angola |
The flag is divided into four purple and yellow triangular sections radiating from the center. In the center of the flag is a shield with a golden pelican feeding its young in a purple field. The golden border of the shield contains five small blue shields with white dots and four red crosses of the Order of Christ. Above the shield is a mural crown and below the shield is a white scroll with the word "ANGOLA" written on it.
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Political flags
[edit]Flag | Date | Party | Description |
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current
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2020–present |
Party logo on a white background.
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2012–present |
Blue map of Angola surrounded by 18 white stars on a green background. Angola is divided into 18 provinces.
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2006–present |
White ring on an orange background.
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1991–present |
Vertical red white green tricolor. In the middle band is a yellow disc held by two symmetrical black hands.
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Link to file | 1990–present |
A blue flag with the party logo, the logo consists of a handshake on a red disc background.
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1990–present |
Two horizontal bands of red and green with a black vertical band on the hoist side and white disc where the colors meet.
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1966–present |
Three horizontal stripes, respectively red green red, in the middle stripe there is a red rising sun with 18 rays and a black rooster symbolizing the awakening of the African peoples.
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1960–present |
Two horizontal stripes, black and red, with a yellow star in the center.
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1954–present |
A diagonal tricolour of white, red and yellow radiating from the lower hoist side corner, and white star in the center.
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Youth wings
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1974–present |
Emblem on a red background.
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1962–present |
A horizontal tricolour of red, blue and black with yellow rising sun on the middle stripe.
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former
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1994–2013 |
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Link to file | 1992–2013 |
White flag with a rose flower with a stem.
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1990s–2013 |
Horizontal bicolor green and black field. Centered on the flag is a yellow disc, upon which is placed a white five-pointed star. On the star there is a white dove in flight.
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1990s |
A horizontal tricolour of blue, white and green.
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1988–2013 |
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1983–2013 |
Separatists
[edit]Flag | Date | Party | Description |
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c. 1975–present |
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1990s–present |
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1996–present |
Horizontal blue, copper and black tricolour, the symbol in the middle is a padrão commemorating the Treaty of Simulambuco.[5]
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?–present |
Ethnic groups flags
[edit]Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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Flag of the Lunda-Tchokwé people |
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Flag of the Kongo people |
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Flags of the Mbunda Kingdom |
A white flag with a drawing of an African elephant.
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Red Cross Society
[edit]Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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1978–present |
Flag of the Angola Red Cross |
Red Cross surrounded by the association's name.
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Burgee | Club |
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See also
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References
[edit]- ^ Flags: The visual guide to more than 300 flags from around the world. New York City: Dorling Kindersley. 1998. p. 96. ISBN 0-7894-4224-8.
- ^ Hermínio Escórcio: O MPLA tinha um Plano B, mas preferiu pôr de lado. Jornal de Angola. 11 de novembro de 2020.
- ^ "Angola - proposals for a new flag". www.crwflags.com. Retrieved 2017-07-21.
- ^ "Proposed New Flag of the Republic of Angola". 2004-06-22. Archived from the original on 2004-06-22. Retrieved 2022-11-01.
- ^ "Simulambuco Treaty Historical Landmark". verangola.