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Africa

Uganda

Ratio: 2:3 Adopted: October 9, 1962 Usage: National and Civil

The colors of the
flag represent the
Ugandan people,
sunlight, and The great crested
brotherhood crane is the national
badge of Uganda

Black, yellow, and red are the
party colors of the UPC

Africa
3UDAN Since independence in 1962, Uganda has suffered
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stability has been restored.
The dominant party at the time of coat of arms granted on
independence was the Uganda September 3, 1962. The arms depicts
People’s Congress (upc), and the a local shield, in an allegorical
new national flag was an adaptation landscape with tea and cotton plants.
of its tricolor with the addition of the
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crane badge in the center. This dates THE PRESIDENT’S STANDARD
back to before independence when The flag for the President was
the colonial badge of Uganda was the adopted in 1963 and consists of the
great crested crane. It also appears as arms on a red field with the national
one of the supporters on Uganda’s colors along the lower edge.

THE PRESIDENT’S
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STANDARD
A deer is one of A great crested crane
the supporters supports the shield
Blue and white represent
Coffee and cotton the waters of the Nile
are Uganda’s most and of Lake Victoria
important crops

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