The Following is a list of flags and banners used in Uganda.
National flag
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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
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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
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1993-Present | Flag of The Ankole people | [5] |
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1994-Present | Flag of The Bunyoro people | [6] |
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1962-Present | Flag of The Busoga people | [7] |
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Flag of The Acholi people | [8] | |
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Flag of The Lango people | [9] | |
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Flag of The Rwenzururu people | [10] | |
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Flag of The Toro people | [11] |
Political flags
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c.2003-Present | Flag of The Democratic Party | A horizontal bicolour of white and green.[12] |
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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] |
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1960-1966 | Flag of The Uganda People's Congress | A horizontal tricolour of black, yellow and red.[14] |
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1966-Present | A horizontal tricolour of black, red and blue.[15] |
Rebel groups
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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] |
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.[17] |
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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.[18] |
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.[23] |
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1861-1876 | A red field with a white stripe facing on the hoist side.[24] | |
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1876-1881 | A White swallowtailed field with 2 vertical stripes of red and blue.[25] |
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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). |
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1890-1894 | Flag of The Imperial British East Africa Company | British Blue Ensign with the crown and beneath it the golden sun.[26] |
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Governor Flag of The Imperial British East Africa Company | A Union Flag defaced with the crown and beneath it the golden sun.[27] | |
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1914-1962 | Flag of The Protectorate of Uganda | British Blue Ensign with the emblem of Uganda.[28] |
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Governor Flag of The Protectorate of Uganda | A Union Flag defaced with the Emblem of Uganda.[29] | |
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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.[30] |
See also
[edit]Wikimedia Commons has media related to Flags of Uganda.
References
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- ^ "flag of Uganda | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 2022-05-04.
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- ^ "Ankole Kingdom (Uganda)". www.crwflags.com. Retrieved 2022-05-04.
- ^ "Bunyoro Kingdom (Uganda)". www.crwflags.com. Retrieved 2022-05-04.
- ^ "Busoga Kingdom (Uganda)". www.crwflags.com. Retrieved 2022-05-04.
- ^ "Acholi Kingdom (Uganda)". www.crwflags.com. Retrieved 2022-05-04.
- ^ "Lango Kingdom (Uganda)". www.crwflags.com. Retrieved 2022-05-04.
- ^ "Bakonjo People (Uganda-Dem. Rep. Congo)". www.crwflags.com. Retrieved 2022-05-04.
- ^ "Uganda". www.worldstatesmen.org. Retrieved 2022-05-04.
- ^ "Democratic Party (Uganda)". www.crwflags.com. Retrieved 2022-05-04.
- ^ Kolyangha, Mudangha (5 December 2020). "NRM flags off door-to-door campaigns". Monitor.co.ug. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
- ^ "Uganda People's Congress". www.crwflags.com. Retrieved 2022-05-04.
- ^ "Uganda People's Congress". www.crwflags.com. Retrieved 2022-05-04.
- ^ "Allied Democratic Movement (Uganda)". www.crwflags.com. Retrieved 2022-05-04.
- ^ "Uganda People's Defence Force". www.crwflags.com. Retrieved 2022-05-04.
- ^ "Uganda Air Force". www.crwflags.com. Retrieved 2022-05-04.
- ^ "Buganda (Uganda)". crwflags.com. Retrieved 2022-05-04.
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- ^ "Buganda (Uganda)". www.crwflags.com. Retrieved 2022-05-04.
- ^ "Buganda (Uganda)". www.crwflags.com. Retrieved 2022-05-04.
- ^ "British East Africa Company". crwflags.com. Retrieved 2022-05-04.
- ^ "British East Africa Company". crwflags.com. Retrieved 2022-05-04.
- ^ "Uganda : colonial flags". crwflags.com. Retrieved 2022-05-04.
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