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Flag of Namibia

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Quick Facts

Capital
Windhoek
Flag adopted
1990
Population
3,022,401
Area
825,615 km²
Languages
Afrikaans, German, English, Herero, Khoekhoe, Kwangali, Lozi, Ndonga, Tswana
Currency
Namibian dollar ($) — NAD, South African rand (R) — ZAR
Demonym
Namibian
Government
presidential republic
Subregion
Southern Africa
Driving side
Left
Timezones
UTC+01:00
Independence
1990

Religions

  • Christian 97.5%
  • Unspecified 1.9%
  • Other 0.6%

About This Flag

A diagonal band running from the lower hoist corner to the upper fly corner divides the flag into two triangles: the upper triangle is blue with a gold twelve-rayed sun, and the lower triangle is green. The diagonal band is red bordered by narrow white stripes.

The flag was adopted on March 21, 1990, when Namibia gained independence from South African administration. It was chosen through a national design competition.

Blue represents the sky and the Atlantic Ocean, red symbolizes the people and their heroism, green stands for vegetation and agriculture, and the golden sun represents life and energy.

What the colors & design mean

Blue represents the sky and the Atlantic Ocean, the gold sun symbolizes life, energy, and warmth. Red represents the people and their determination for an equal future. White stands for peace and unity. Green symbolizes vegetation, agriculture, and the productive capacity of the land.

blue red green white yellow

Pattern: Diagonal Design

Bordering countries (4)

🇦🇴 Angola 🇧🇼 Botswana 🇿🇦 South Africa 🇿🇲 Zambia

Fun Facts

  • Namibia's flag was selected from 835 entries submitted in a national competition, making it a genuinely crowd-sourced national symbol.
  • Namibia was the first country in the world to incorporate environmental protection into its constitution at the time of independence.
  • The Namib Desert, from which the country takes its name, is considered the oldest desert in the world, at roughly 55 to 80 million years old.
  • The twelve rays of the sun represent the main ethnic groups of Namibia and the importance of unity among them.

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