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The national flag of the Republic of the Congo (French: drapeau de la république du Congo) consists of a yellow diagonal band divided diagonally from the lower hoist-side corner, with a green upper triangle and red lower triangle.
national flag consisting of a diagonal yellow stripe separating a green triangle at the hoist from a red triangle at the fly end. It has a width-to-length ratio of 2 to 3.
The flag of the Republic of Congo, which comprises Pan-African colors (green, yellow and red) was approved on August 18th, 1959 by the Legislative Assembly. The flag became official on September 15th, 1959 and did not change after independence.
Officially known as the Republic of the Congo, the country is often called Congo (Brazzaville), with its capital added parenthetically, to distinguish it from neighbouring Democratic Republic of the Congo, which is often referred to by its acronym, the DRC, or called Congo (Kinshasa).
The flag was abolished on 30 December 1969 when a new constitution introduced a Marxist one-party state under the name of the People's Republic of Congo and a new flag was adopted. With the restoration of multiparty democracy, the original flag was re-adopted as the national flag on 10 June 1991.
The National Flag of the Republic of Congo features a diagonal yellow stripe which separates a green triangle at the hoist and a red triangle at the lower side; the country uses the Central African CFA franc as its national currency; and its national anthem is "La Congolaise" (The Congolese)
The flag of the Republic of the Congo consists of a rectangular sheet, which is diagonally crossed by a yellow wide stripe. The left part of the flag is complemented by a green triangle and the right side by a red one. The flag was adopted for the first time in 1958, when so called Middle Congo gained independence from France and an autonomous ...