The following is a list of flags and banners associated with the Comoros.
Flag | Date | Use | Description | |
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2001–present | Flag of the Comoros | Four horizontal stripes of yellow, white, red and blue (from top to bottom); with a green chevron based on the hoist side charged with a white crescent and four five-pointed stars.[1] [2] [3] | ||
2001–present | Flag of the Comoros (Vertical) |
Flag | Date | Use | Description | |
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2012–present | A red field charged with a centered white crescent moon and four white stars.[4] | |||
2002–present | A navy blue field charged with a crescent moon and four white stars in hoist side.[5] [6] | |||
2003–present | A large five-pointed red star centered on a yellow field.[7] |
Flag | Date | Use | Description | |
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1500–1698 1830–1833 | A Large Red Field.[8] | |||
1576–1578 | A White field with the coat of arms in the center. | |||
1578–1640 | Flag of The Kingdom of Portugal | A White field with the coat of arms in the center. | ||
1616–1640 | Flag of The Kingdom of Portugal (Putative) | A White field with the coat of arms in the center. | ||
1640–1650 | Flag of The Kingdom of Portugal | A White field with the coat of arms in the center. | ||
1698–1830 | A White Field with red Arabic script above and a red sword pointed to the right. | |||
1830–1868 | A simple red field.[9] | |||
1833–1850 | Flag of the Sultanate of Ndzuwani | A red field with a white border.[10] | ||
1841–1940 1944–1975 | A vertical tricolour of blue, white, and red (proportions 3:2). | |||
1841–1848 | A vertical tricolour of blue, white, and red centered with the royal arms of Louis-Philippe I.[11] | |||
1842–1867 1997–1998 | Flag of Queen Djoumbé Fatima (also used as a Separatist flag) | A Red field with a vertical yellow stripe on the hoist side.[12] [13] | ||
1850 | Flag of the Sultanate of Ndzuwani | A vertical tricolour of red (hoist-side and fly-side) and white centered with an Arabic script written in black.[14] | ||
1850–1893 1997–2012 | Flag of the Sultanate of Ndzuwani (also used as a Separatist Flag and later as an Official Flag) | A Red Field centered with a white crescent moon and a hand.[15] | ||
1868–1871 | Flag of the Mwali Sultanate | 8 horizontal stripes alternating red and white.[16] | ||
1870 | A vertical tricolour of blue, white, and red centered with the red stripe larger than the other 2 stripes, several golden bees and centered with the royal arms of Napoléon III.[17] | |||
1871–1886 | Flag of the Mwali Sultanate | A horizontal bicolour of white and red, similar to The Flag of Poland.[18] | ||
1886–1891 | Flag of the Mwali Sultanate | A Red Field centerd with an Arabic script written in white.[19] | ||
1891–1904 | Flag of the Mwali Sultanate | 8 horizontal stripes alternating red and white and a vertical green stripe on the hoist side with a crescent moon and a 5 pointed star in the canton.[20] | ||
1940–1942 | A vertical tricolour of blue, white, and red with the axe and 7 golden stars.[21] | |||
1942–1943 | Flag of The United Kingdom | A superimposition of the flags of England and Scotland with the Saint Patrick's Saltire (representing Ireland). | ||
1943–1944 | A vertical tricolour of blue, white, and red with the Lorraine cross[22] | |||
1963–1975 | 1st Flag of The Comoros | A green field with a white crescent at upper hoist facing the fly, four stars in a diagonal.[23] | ||
1975–1978 | 2nd Flag of The Comoros | A red field with a horizontal green stripe and a white crescent moon and 4 5-pointed stars in the canton.[24] | ||
1978–1992 | 3rd Flag of The Comoros | A green field charged with a centered white crescent moon and four white stars.[25] | ||
1992–1996 | 4th Flag of The Comoros | A green field charged with a centered white crescent moon and four white stars.[26] | ||
1996–2001 | 5th Flag of The Comoros | A green field charged with a centered white crescent moon and four white stars and a white inscription to the lower hoist and another to the upper fly. The inscriptions are written in Arabic calligraphy with the former reading "Muhammed" and the latter reading "Allah".[27] | ||
2002–2003 | Flag of Mohéli | A yellow field with a vertical black stripe on the hoist side and a crescent moon and a 5-pointed star in the center.[28] |