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Ivory Coast Flag

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Ivory Coast Flag

Orange, white and green: the flag of Côte d'Ivoire

The flag of Côte d'Ivoire is a tricolour of three vertical bands: orange next to the pole, white in the centre, green on the outside. It resembles the flag of Ireland, which has the same colours in reverse order. The Ivorian flag is the flag of a country that, since 1986, has asked the world to call it by its French name: Côte d'Ivoire.

Three colours, three promises

According to the Presidency of the Republic, orange is the colour of the land, rich and generous, and of the struggle of a young people for its emancipation. White is peace, but peace with justice. Green is hope and the certainty of a better future. An unofficial reading, reported by Encyclopaedia Britannica, sees in the orange the savannas of the north and in the green the forests of the southern coast.

A different choice from its neighbours

Many West African countries chose the pan-African colours, green, yellow and red. Côte d'Ivoire did not. According to Britannica, under the leadership of Félix Houphouët-Boigny, who had been a deputy and minister in France, the country chose three vertical bands inspired by the French Tricolour, but with colours all its own. The three bands also correspond to the three words of the national motto: «Union, Discipline, Travail».

The debate of 1959

The choice was not simple. Lambert Amon Tanoh, then a member of the Constituent Assembly, recalled a heated debate, with different proposals. The orange, white and green flag was put forward by a group of deputies, among them Germain Coffi Gadeau, Arsène Usher Assouan and Amon Tanoh himself, and it was adopted by Law no. 240 of 3 December 1959.

Midnight on 7 August 1960

At the stroke of midnight on 7 August 1960 Houphouët-Boigny proclaimed the independence of Côte d'Ivoire. A young lieutenant, Gaston Ouasséna Koné, lowered the French flag and raised the new tricolour. The flag has stayed the same ever since, and the Constitution describes it like this: the tricolour flag of orange, white and green, in vertical bands.

Who chooses it

For Ivorians and anyone with roots in Côte d'Ivoire, for the families and associations of the Ivorian community in Italy and Europe, for the independence celebration on 7 August, for fans of the Ivorian national team at the Africa Cup of Nations, for schools and multicultural festivals, for anyone who works or does business with Côte d'Ivoire, for an African restaurant, for a collector or a model UN. We sew it to order, in the size and fabric you choose above, and you see the delivery date before you pay.

Flag facts

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Official name
République de Côte d'Ivoire
Validity
Current
Years in use
from 1959 · period 1946–1999
ISO code
CI
Use
Land: CivilStateWar
Proportions
2:3
Number of colours
3

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