Full Name: Gabonese Republic
Capital: Libreville
Phone code: +241
TLD: .ga
Region: Africa

Gabon flag colors meaning

Green symbolizes the country’s forests and natural resources
Yellow represents the equator which runs through Gabon
Blue symbolizes the South Atlantic Ocean, along which Gabon has an extensive coast

Gabon flag history

The French gained control of modern-day Gabon in 1839, when a local chief surrendered the sovereignty of his land to them. However, with the rise of the decolonization movement in Africa, the French were obliged to grant limited autonomy to Gabon as a self-governing republic within the French Community. Gabon finalized a design for a new flag, which was officially adopted a year later in 1959. It featured a horizontal tricolour identical to the current flag, but with the yellow stripe at the centre narrower than the green and blue bands surrounding it. The French Tricolour was featured at the canton of the flag, making Gabon the only French autonomous republic to feature this “symbolic link” with France. On August 9, 1960 – just over a week before Gabon became an independent country on August 17, 1960 – the flag was slightly modified. The change entailed removing the French Tricolour at the canton and enlarging the yellow stripe at the centre, thus giving it equal width with the two other bands

National Flag of All Countries: Details And Meaning

Gabon flag
The flag of Gabon is a tricolour consisting of three horizontal green (top), yellow, and blue. Adopted in 1960 to replace the previous colonial flag containing the French Tricolour at the canton, it has been the flag of the Gabonese Republic since the country gained independence that year.