Guinea-Bissau at a glance: its flag, its capital Bissau, its population and where it sits on the world map. Plus a way to test yourself afterwards.
Adopted at independence on 24 September 1973, Guinea-Bissau’s flag reproduces almost exactly that of the PAIGC, the party that led the liberation war against Portugal from 1961 onward, only its initials having been removed.
Red recalls the blood shed for independence, yellow the harvest and green the forests of the south, while the black star, a Pan-African symbol, stands for the people of Africa; the same pattern, with its colours swapped, appears on neighbouring Cabo Verde’s flag, the two countries the PAIGC originally meant to unite.
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Data: Wikidata (CC0). Flags and map: Geo Nerd.
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