Flag of Angola
Use | National flag |
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Proportion | 2:3[1] |
Adopted | 11 November 1975[2] |
Design | A horizontal bicolour of red and black, with a yellow half gear wheel crossed by a machete and crowned with a star in the center. |
Designed by | Henrique de Carvalho Santos António Alberto Neto |
Use | Presidential standard |
Proportion | 2:3 |
The national flag of Angola came into use when the nation gained independence from Portugal on 11 November 1975. It is split horizontally into an upper red half and a lower black half with an emblem resting at the center. It features a yellow half gear wheel crossed by a machete and crowned with a star.
Description
The National Flag of the
Colors
Red | Yellow | Black | |
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CMYK | 20/100/90/0 | 0/15/100/0 | 10/10/10/100 |
Pantone[7] | 186 C | 116 C | Process Black C |
RGB | 205/2/43 | 255/204/0 | 0/0/0 |
Hexadecimal | #CD022B | #FFCC00 | #000000 |
Construction Sheet
History
Pre-independent
Angola was founded in the 16th century as a colony of the Kingdom of Portugal. Throughout the colonial period, the only official flag was the frequently changed flag of Portugal. It was only in the 20th century that the adoption of flags representing the colonies was proposed twice. The first series was designed in 1932 by the founder and president of the Portuguese Institute of Heraldry, Afonso de Ornelaspt, commissioned by the General Agency of the Colonies. Neither the flag nor the coat of arms were ever officially used.[8]
The second proposal was put forward in 1965, when all Portuguese colonies have been integrated into the metropolis as overseas provinces. This proposal consisted of a national flag with an additional coat of arms of Angola on the flying side. The coat of arms has been official since 1935.
War of Independence
In the early 1960s, the
History of the current flag
The flag was designed by Henrique Onambwé. The process of cutting and sewing the first version of the flag was done by Joaquina, Ruth Lara and Cici Cabral on November 11, 1975.[9] The flag has not changed since then.
Proposed changes
Angola considered adopting a new flag in the 1990s. The proposed design, discussed since September 1996, consisted of three horizontal stripes: red, green and black, combining the colors of the MPLA and UNITA parties and providing Pan-African colors. According to a 1998 report, the National Assembly of Angola began work on a new constitution and planned a competition for a new flag.[10]
In 2003, a new, more "optimistic" flag that dropped the Communist imagery was proposed by the Parliament's Constitutional Commission of the National Assembly (Angolan Parliament), but it was not adopted, and the proposal was suppressed by the ruling party. The sun design in the middle is meant to be reminiscent of cave paintings found in Tchitundo-Hulu cave near Virei. The flag maintained the same flag proportions of 2:3.[11][12]
See also
References
- ISBN 978-1-77085-157-3.
- ^ ISBN 0-7894-4224-8.
- ^ "The Flag of Angola". flagdb.com. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
- Luanda, Angola. 21 January 2010. Annex I. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 June 2019. Retrieved 16 May 2020.)
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: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link - ^ Lei Constitucional da República Popular de Angola (PDF) (in Portuguese). 1975. Article 54. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 July 2021. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
- ^ Constitutional Law of the Republic of Angola (PDF). 1992. Article 162. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 July 2021. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
- ^ "Símbolos Nacionais da República de Angola: Manual de Normas Gráficas e Protocolares". www.governo.gov.ao. Archived from the original on 1 September 2019. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
- ^ "Província Ultramarina de Angola".
- ^ Hermínio Escórcio: O MPLA tinha um Plano B, mas preferiu pôr de lado. Jornal de Angola. 11 November 2020.
- ^ Berry, Bruce. "Angola - proposals for a new flag". crwflags.
- ^ "República de Angola - Assembleia Nacional - COMISSÃO CONSTITUCIONAL". Wayback Machine. Government of Angola. Archived from the original on 7 December 2003. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
- ^ Wayback Machine. Govt. of Angola https://web.archive.org/web/20031212125352/http://www.angola.org/referenc/proposed_flag.html. Archived from the original on 12 December 2003. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
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