Flag of Cape Verde

The national flag of Cape Verde was adopted on 22 September 1992, replacing the flag adopted during independence.

The flag of Cape Verde is defined in the country's constitution as five unequal-sized horizontal bands, of which the outermost bands are blue, the bands adjacent to them are white, and the central band is red. The width (height) of the top and bottom blue bands are equal to one half and one quarter of the flag's width, respectively, while the red and white bands are equal to one twelfth (i.e. the ratio is 6:1:1:1:3). The flag is charged on the hoist side with a circle of ten yellow five-pointed stars, the centre of which is located at the intersection of a horizontal line in the middle of the red band and a vertical line positioned three-eighths of the flag's length from the hoist. The constitution does not mention a width-to-length ratio for the flag, but the Cape Verdean government published a graphical guide in 2009 to standardise the display of national symbols, and in it a 2:3 ratio is used. A 2:3 ratio is also used on the Cape Verdean government's website. The Cape Verdean government gives the following significance to the flag's symbols: blue represents the sky and sea; white and red represent the Cape Verdeans' desire for peace and efforts in nation-building…