List of Ugandan flags
The Following is a list of flags and banners used in Uganda.
National flag
[edit]Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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1962-Present | Flag of Uganda | Six equal horizontal bands of black (top), yellow, red, black, yellow, and red (bottom); a white disc is superimposed at the centre and depicts the national symbol, a grey crowned crane, facing the hoist side.[1][2][3] |
Government flag
[edit]Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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1962-Present | Presidential Flag of Uganda | A Red Field with 6 lines of black (top), yellow, red, black, yellow, and red (bottom) downwards and the coat of arms in the center.[4] |
Ethnic group flags
[edit]Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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1993-Present | Flag of The Ankole people | [5] | |
1994-Present | Flag of The Bunyoro people | [6] | |
1962-Present | Flag of The Busoga people | [7] | |
1962-Present | Flag of The Acholi people | [8] | |
1962-Present | Flag of The Lango people | [9] | |
1962-Present | Flag of The Rwenzururu people | [10] | |
1962-Present | Flag of The Toro people | [11] |
Political flags
[edit]Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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c.2003-Present | Flag of The Democratic Party | A Horizontal bicolour of white and green.[12] | |
c.2011-Present | Flag of The National Resistance Movement | Five horizontal stripes of yellow (top), blue, green, red, and yellow (bottom), with the top and bottom stripes 3 times as a wide as the others. A white disc is superimposed at the centre and depicts the party's symbol, a yellow bus.[13] | |
1960-1966 | Flag of The Uganda People's Congress | A Horizontal tricolour of black, yellow and red.[14] | |
1966-Present | A Horizontal tricolour of black, red and blue.[15] |
Rebel groups
[edit]Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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1996-Present | Flag of The Allied Democratic Forces | A Horizontal tricolour of blue, white and red with a green isosceles triangle based on the hoist side and the letters ADM/A written in blue on the white band.[16] | |
c.1987-Present | Flag of The Lord's Resistance Army | Allegedly a horizontal tricolour of red, black, and blue.[17] |
Military flags
[edit]Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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1962-Present | Flag of The Uganda People's Defence Force | A Green Field with 6 lines of black (top), yellow, red, black, yellow, and red (bottom) downwards and the UPDF's emblem in the center.[18] | |
1964-Present | Flag of The Uganda Air Force | A Cyan Field with 6 lines of black (top), yellow, red, black, yellow, and red (bottom) downwards and the air force's emblem in the center.[19] |
Subdivision flags
[edit]Traditional kingdoms
[edit]Historical flags
[edit]Historical flags
[edit]Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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1860-1861 | Flag of The Kingdom of Buganda | A Simple red field.[24] | |
1861-1876 1881-1890 | Flag of The Kingdom of Buganda | A red field with a white stripe facing on the hoist side.[25] | |
1876-1881 | Flag of The Kingdom of Buganda | A White swallowtailed field with 2 vertical stripes of red and blue.[26] |
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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1894-1910 | Flag of Belgium | A vertical tricolour of black, yellow, and red. | |
1894-1910 | Flag of The Congo Free State and The Belgian Congo | A yellow five-pointed flag on a blue background. | |
1894-1910 | Flag of The Lado Enclave | A blue field with a yellow saltire that extends to the corners of the flag and 4 yellow stars in each blue corner. |
Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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1890-1962 | Flag of The United Kingdom | A superimposition of the flags of England and Scotland with the Saint Patrick's Saltire (representing Ireland). | |
1890-1894 | Flag of The Imperial British East Africa Company | British Blue Ensign with the crown and beneath it the golden sun.[27] | |
1890-1894 | Governor Flag of The Imperial British East Africa Company | A Union Flag defaced with the crown and beneath it the golden sun.[28] | |
1914-1962 | Flag of The Protectorate of Uganda | British Blue Ensign with the emblem of Uganda.[29] | |
1914-1962 | Governor Flag of The Protectorate of Uganda | A Union Flag defaced with the Emblem of Uganda.[30] | |
1962 | Flag of The Dominion of Uganda | A Vertical tricolour of green, blue and green with 2 lines between the stripes and a grey crowned crane, facing the hoist side in yellow on the blue stripe.[31] |
See also
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References
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