- Capital
- Dakar
- Continent
- Africa
- Flag adopted
- 1960
- Designer
- Not individually credited
Senegal
Colors and meaning
Green #00853F
Islam and hope
Yellow #FDEF42
Natural riches and progress
Red #E31B23
Sacrifice and independence
Symbolism and history
A green-yellow-red vertical tricolor with a central green five-pointed star, adopted at independence from the short-lived Mali Federation, whose own flag had used a black kanaga figure instead of a star.
Closest-looking flags
Mali
Direct sibling to Mali's flag from the dissolved Mali Federation; both kept the same tricolor after their 1960 split, with the star as Senegal's distinguishing mark.
Guinea
Direct sibling to Mali's flag from the dissolved Mali Federation; both kept the same tricolor after their 1960 split, with the star as Senegal's distinguishing mark.
Cameroon
Direct sibling to Mali's flag from the dissolved Mali Federation; both kept the same tricolor after their 1960 split, with the star as Senegal's distinguishing mark.
Further reading: Flag of Senegal on Wikipedia
