- Capital
- Yaoundé
- Continent
- Africa
- Flag adopted
- 1975
- Designer
- Not individually credited
Cameroon
Colors and meaning
Green #007A5E
The southern forests and hope
Red #CE1126
Unity between the country's regions
Yellow #FCE100
The savannas of the north and the sun
Symbolism and history
A green-red-yellow pan-African tricolor with a single yellow five-pointed star centered on the red band, added in 1975 to mark full unitary statehood.
Closest-looking flags
Senegal
Shares the vertical green-yellow-red pan-African tricolor family with Senegal, Mali and Guinea; the star placement is what sets Cameroon apart.
Mali
Shares the vertical green-yellow-red pan-African tricolor family with Senegal, Mali and Guinea; the star placement is what sets Cameroon apart.
Guinea
Shares the vertical green-yellow-red pan-African tricolor family with Senegal, Mali and Guinea; the star placement is what sets Cameroon apart.
Further reading: Flag of Cameroon on Wikipedia