List of Nigerien flags should not be confused with List of Nigerian flags.
This is a list of flags used in Niger.
Flag | Date | Use | Description | |
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? - Today | A white field with a Dagin Arewa in the center. Used unofficially to represent the Hausa people.[1] | |||
? - Today | a horizontal triband of blue, yellow and green with a yellow star in the green band.[2] [3] | |||
? - Today | a horizontal bicolor of yellow and blue with a black star in the center.[4] | |||
? - Today | A horizontal bicolour of yellow and black divided with 2 lines of red and blue and a black star in the center of the yellow stripe. |
Flag | Date | Use | Description | |
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1961 - Today | Flag of the Niger Armed Forces (Obverse) | A horizontal triband of orange, white and green; charged with an orange circle in the centre, 4 suns with wheat, a golden border, the name of the country and the motto: “Fraternite, Progres, Travail”.[5] | ||
1961 - Today | Flag of the Niger Armed Forces (Reverse) | A horizontal triband of orange, white and green; charged with an orange circle in the centre, 4 suns with wheat, a golden border and the name of the armed forces. | ||
1962 - Today | a vertical bicolor of green and Orange with a White border, a White sun with wheat and the name of The National Gendarmerie.[6] | |||
1999 - Today | a diagonal triband of Orange, White and green with a Orange sun with yellow rays in the center, a goloden border and the name of The National Police.[7] |
Flag | Date | Use | Description | |
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700 - 1380 | Flag of the Kanem Empire | A White Field with a Green Palm Tree in the center. | ||
1380 - 1890 | Flag of the Bornu Empire | A Brown Field with a White Crescent Moon in the center. |
Flag | Date | Use | Description | |
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1890 - 1940 1944 - 1959 | A vertical tricolour of blue, white, and red (proportions 3:2). | |||
1940 - 1942 | A vertical tricolour of blue, white, and red with the axe and 7 golden stars. | |||
1943 - 1944 | A vertical tricolour of blue, white, and red with the red Cross of Lorraine.[8] |