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List of Ugandan flags

The Following is a list of flags and banners used in Uganda.

National flag

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Flag Date Use Description
  1962-Present Flag of Uganda Six equal horizontal bands of black (top), yellow, red, black, yellow, and red (bottom); a white disc is superimposed at the centre and depicts the national symbol, a grey crowned crane, facing the hoist side.[1][2][3]

Government flag

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Flag Date Use Description
  1962-Present Presidential Flag of Uganda A Red Field with 6 lines of black (top), yellow, red, black, yellow, and red (bottom) downwards and the coat of arms in the center.[4]

Ethnic group flags

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Flag Date Use Description
  1993-Present Flag of The Ankole people [5]
  1994-Present Flag of The Bunyoro people [6]
  1962-Present Flag of The Busoga people [7]
  1962-Present Flag of The Acholi people [8]
  1962-Present Flag of The Lango people [9]
  1962-Present Flag of The Rwenzururu people [10]
  1962-Present Flag of The Toro people [11]

Political flags

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Political parties

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Flag Date Use Description
  c.2003-Present Flag of The Democratic Party A Horizontal bicolour of white and green.[12]
  c.2011-Present Flag of The National Resistance Movement Five horizontal stripes of yellow (top), blue, green, red, and yellow (bottom), with the top and bottom stripes 3 times as a wide as the others. A white disc is superimposed at the centre and depicts the party's symbol, a yellow bus.[13]
  1960-1966 Flag of The Uganda People's Congress A Horizontal tricolour of black, yellow and red.[14]
  1966-Present A Horizontal tricolour of black, red and blue.[15]

Rebel groups

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Flag Date Use Description
  1996-Present Flag of The Allied Democratic Forces A Horizontal tricolour of blue, white and red with a green isosceles triangle based on the hoist side and the letters ADM/A written in blue on the white band.[16]
  c.1987-Present Flag of The Lord's Resistance Army A Horizontal tricolour of red, black, and blue.[17]

Military flags

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Flag Date Use Description
  1962-Present Flag of The Uganda People's Defence Force A Green Field with 6 lines of black (top), yellow, red, black, yellow, and red (bottom) downwards and the UPDF's emblem in the center.[18]
  1964-Present Flag of The Uganda Air Force A Cyan Field with 6 lines of black (top), yellow, red, black, yellow, and red (bottom) downwards and the air force's emblem in the center.[19]

Subdivision flags

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Traditional kingdoms

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Historical flags

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Historical flags

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Kingdom of Buganda

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Flag Date Use Description
  1860-1861 Flag of The Kingdom of Buganda A Simple red field.[24]
  1861-1876
1881-1890		 Flag of The Kingdom of Buganda A red field with a white stripe facing on the hoist side.[25]
  1876-1881 Flag of The Kingdom of Buganda A White swallowtailed field with 2 vertical stripes of red and blue.[26]

Belgian Empire

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Flag Date Use Description
  1894-1910 Flag of Belgium A vertical tricolour of black, yellow, and red.
  1894-1910 Flag of The Congo Free State and The Belgian Congo A yellow five-pointed flag on a blue background.
  1894-1910 Flag of The Lado Enclave A blue field with a yellow saltire that extends to the corners of the flag and 4 yellow stars in each blue corner.

British Empire

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Flag Date Use Description
  1890-1962 Flag of The United Kingdom A superimposition of the flags of England and Scotland with the Saint Patrick's Saltire (representing Ireland).
  1890-1894 Flag of The Imperial British East Africa Company British Blue Ensign with the crown and beneath it the golden sun.[27]
  1890-1894 Governor Flag of The Imperial British East Africa Company A Union Flag defaced with the crown and beneath it the golden sun.[28]
  1914-1962 Flag of The Protectorate of Uganda British Blue Ensign with the emblem of Uganda.[29]
  1914-1962 Governor Flag of The Protectorate of Uganda A Union Flag defaced with the Emblem of Uganda.[30]
  1962 Flag of The Dominion of Uganda A Vertical tricolour of green, blue and green with 2 lines between the stripes and a grey crowned crane, facing the hoist side in yellow on the blue stripe.[31]

See also

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References

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  2. ^ "Uganda". www.crwflags.com. Retrieved 2022-05-04.
  3. ^ "flag of Uganda | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 2022-05-04.
  4. ^ "Uganda President". www.crwflags.com. Retrieved 2022-05-04.
  5. ^ "Ankole Kingdom (Uganda)". www.crwflags.com. Retrieved 2022-05-04.
  6. ^ "Bunyoro Kingdom (Uganda)". www.crwflags.com. Retrieved 2022-05-04.
  7. ^ "Busoga Kingdom (Uganda)". www.crwflags.com. Retrieved 2022-05-04.
  8. ^ "Acholi Kingdom (Uganda)". www.crwflags.com. Retrieved 2022-05-04.
  9. ^ "Lango Kingdom (Uganda)". www.crwflags.com. Retrieved 2022-05-04.
  10. ^ "Bakonjo People (Uganda-Dem. Rep. Congo)". www.crwflags.com. Retrieved 2022-05-04.
  11. ^ "Uganda". www.worldstatesmen.org. Retrieved 2022-05-04.
  12. ^ "Democratic Party (Uganda)". www.crwflags.com. Retrieved 2022-05-04.
  13. ^ Kolyangha, Mudangha (5 December 2020). "NRM flags off door-to-door campaigns". Monitor.co.ug. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
  14. ^ "Uganda People's Congress". www.crwflags.com. Retrieved 2022-05-04.
  15. ^ "Uganda People's Congress". www.crwflags.com. Retrieved 2022-05-04.
  16. ^ "Allied Democratic Movement (Uganda)". www.crwflags.com. Retrieved 2022-05-04.
  17. ^ "Lord's Resistance Army (LRA)". Sudan Tribune. Archived from the original on 4 February 2019. Retrieved 15 December 2023.
  18. ^ "Uganda People's Defence Force". www.crwflags.com. Retrieved 2022-05-04.
  19. ^ "Uganda Air Force". www.crwflags.com. Retrieved 2022-05-04.
  20. ^ "Buganda (Uganda)". crwflags.com. Retrieved 2022-05-04.
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  27. ^ "British East Africa Company". crwflags.com. Retrieved 2022-05-04.
  28. ^ "British East Africa Company". crwflags.com. Retrieved 2022-05-04.
  29. ^ "Uganda : colonial flags". crwflags.com. Retrieved 2022-05-04.
  30. ^ "Uganda : colonial flags". crwflags.com. Retrieved 2022-05-04.
  31. ^ "Uganda". www.crwflags.com. Retrieved 2022-05-04.
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