Use | National flag and ensign |
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Proportion | 10:17 |
Adopted | 22 September 1992 |
Design | Five unequal horizontal bands of blue (six-twelfths), white, red, white (each of the bands are one-twelfth) and blue (three-twelfths) with the circle of ten yellow five-pointed stars centered on the red stripe and positioned three-eighths of the length of the flag from the hoist-side. |
The national flag of Cape Verde (Portuguese: bandeira de Cabo Verde; Capeverdean (ALUPEC): bandera di Kauberdi) was adopted on 22 September 1992, replacing the flag adopted during Cape Verdean independence, fought for with Guinea-Bissau, another former Portuguese colony on mainland West Africa.