Guinea-Bissau
Shape
Africa · Western Africa
Outline not to scale
About the flag
Guinea-Bissau's flag has a red vertical band at the flagpole with a black five-pointed star, and two horizontal bands of yellow over green on the right. It was adopted in 1973, when the country declared independence from Portugal. The design was inspired by the flag of Ghana, and the black star is often called the black star of Africa.
Often confused with
Only the names are similar: Guinea is the larger neighbour, with a plain red, yellow and green vertical tricolour.
Only the names are similar: Equatorial Guinea is in Central Africa, with green, white and red stripes and a blue triangle.
Only the names are similar: Papua New Guinea is in Oceania, north of Australia.
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