Flag of Cape Verde

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The national flag of Cape Verde (officially Cabo Verde) consists of five horizontal bands of blue, white, red, white, and blue, in a 6:1:1:1:3 ratio. A circle of ten yellow five-pointed stars – representing the ten islands that make up the country – is charged on the hoist (left) side of the flag, centred on the red band. The current Cape Verdean flag was adopted on 25 September 1992, replacing the flag that was adopted when the country became independent on 5 July 1975. Cape Verde's first flag had two horizontal bands of yellow and green, with a vertical red band on the hoist side charged with a black five-pointed star framed by ears of corn and a sea shell. Like the flag of Guinea-Bissau, it was based on the flag of the African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde (PAIGC), which fought for the independence of both countries from Portugal. The current flag was introduced to symbolise Cape Verde's transformation from a socialist state to a multi-party democracy.

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