Mauritius
CapitalPort Louis
Official languagesEnglish, French, Mauritian Creole
RegionAfrica
SubregionEastern Africa
Shape
Africa · Eastern Africa
Outline not to scale
About the flag
Mauritius's flag has four equal horizontal stripes of red, blue, yellow and green. Red stands for the struggle for freedom, blue for the Indian Ocean, yellow for the light of independence and green for the island's vegetation. It was adopted at independence in 1968.
Often confused with
Only the names are similar: Mauritania is in north-west Africa, and its flag is green with a gold crescent and star.
Quizzes for Africa