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Flag Guinea, in 36 editions.

The entry for Guinea published Flag in 36 editions of 36, from 1990 to 2025. The text changed in 10 editions. Each is shown as published. Flag in every entry.

editions changed the text
10
the first edition with it
1990
the latest edition with it
2025

Published as “Flag” (1990 to 2025) and “Flag description” (1997 to 2024).

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2018 edition

Same as 2017

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The same text in 10 editions, 2015 to 2024.

Published as “Flag description”

  • three equal vertical bands of red (hoist side), yellow, and green;
  • red represents the people's sacrifice for liberation and work;
  • yellow stands for the sun, for the riches of the earth, and for justice;
  • green symbolizes the country's vegetation and unity

note: uses the popular Pan-African colors of Ethiopia; the colors from left to right are the reverse of those on the flags of neighboring Mali and Senegal

three equal vertical bands of red (hoist side), yellow, and green; red represents the people's sacrifice for liberation and work; yellow stands for the sun, for the riches of the earth, and for justice; green symbolizes the country's vegetation and unity
note:
uses the popular Pan-African colors of Ethiopia; the colors from left to right are the reverse of those on the flags of neighboring Mali and Senegal

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Central Intelligence Agency. “Guinea: Flag.” The World Factbook, 1990–2025 editions. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/guinea/flag.

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