List of Cameroonian flags
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The following is a list of flags of Cameroon. For more information, see flag of Cameroon.
National flag and state flag
Flags of political parties
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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1956–present | Flag of the Union of the Peoples of Cameroon | A black crab in the center of a red field.[4] |
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Flag of the Cameroonian National Union | A red sixteen-pointed sun on a white field. | |
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Flag of the Social Democratic Front | Scales resting on a white block, inside a thin white circle in the hoist of a green field. |
Separatist movements flags
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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Flag of the Bamileke National Movement. | Four equal horizontal bands in the Pan-African colours – from above: green, yellow, red, and black.[5] | |
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Flag of the Bakassi Movement for Self-Determination. | ||
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Flag of Ambazonia. | 'Ambazonia' is used by proponents of independence for the former British Cameroon to name their desired state. Five blue and four white horizontal bands with a blue canton containing a bird in a circle of thirteen golden stars.[6] |
Historical flags
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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1961–1975 | Second flag of Cameroon | A vertical tricolour of green, red, and yellow with two gold stars (darker than the yellow band) in the upper half of the green.[7] |
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1960–1961 | First flag of Cameroon | A vertical tricolour of green, red, and yellow.[8] |
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1916–1960 | Flag of French Cameroon | A vertical tricolour of blue, white, and red (proportions 3:2). |
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1916–1961 | Flag of the United Kingdom | A superimposition of the flags of England and Scotland with the Saint Patrick's Saltire (representing Ireland). |
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1916–1961 | Flag of British Cameroon | A blue ensign with the arms of Cameroon.[9] |
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1884–1916 | Flag of the German Empire | A tricolour, made of three equal horizontal bands coloured black (top), white, and red (bottom). |
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1884–1916 | Colonial Flag | A tricolour, made of three equal horizontal bands coloured black (top), white, and red (bottom) with the German Eagle in the center. |
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1914 | First proposed flag of German Kamerun | A tricolour, made of three equal horizontal bands coloured black (top), white, and red (bottom) with a white elephant on a red shield in the center.[10] |
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1914 | Second proposed flag of German Kamerun | A tricolour, made of three equal horizontal bands coloured black (top), white, and red (bottom) with a white elephant on a red disc in the center. |
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1884–1914 | Flag of the German West Africa Company | [11] |
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1804–1884 | Flag of the Sokoto Caliphate | A simple green field. |
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1380–1884 | Flag of the Bornu Empire | A brown field with a white crescent moon in the center. |
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700–1380 | Flag of the Kanem Empire | A white pennon with a green palm tree in the center. |