Flag of Burkina Faso

Use	National flag
Proportion	2:3
Adopted	August 4, 1984
Design	Rectangular flag in the proportion of two in the width to three in the length

The flag of Burkina Faso is formed by two equal horizontal bands of red (top) and green, with a yellow five-pointed star resting in the center.^[1] The flag was adopted on August 4, 1984 following the coup of 1983 which brought Thomas Sankara to power.^[2] The colours are the popular Pan-African colours of Ethiopia. The red represents the country's revolutionary struggle and the green stripe represents hope and abundance. The yellow star symbolises Burkina Faso's mineral wealth.^[2]

The original flag of Upper Volta, adopted at independence, contained 3 horizontal stripes of black, white, and red. These colours represented the three major tributaries of the Volta River, which flows south through the country: the Black Volta, the White Volta and the Red Volta.

[edit] See also

• Flag of Upper Volta

[edit] References

1. ^ "Flag of Burkina Faso". The World Factbook. CIA. https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/flags/uv-flag.html. Retrieved 2008-07-15. 
2. ^ ^{a b} Smith, Whitney (2002). Flag Lore Of All Nations. Millbrook Press. pp. 21. ISBN 0761317538. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=EFhAUbH6ra0C. 

[edit] External links

• Burkina Faso at Flags of the World

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