The flag is not in vain considered one of the main symbols of any state. This is due to the fact that it is quite easy to identify a particular country. For example, during the Olympics, athletes carry the flag of their country ahead, they raise it when the winner is awarded. Why use the flag, and not the name of the country or its coat of arms?
The answer is quite simple. The fact is that the name of the state is spelled and pronounced differently depending on the language. Not everyone can immediately correctly hear the country represented. The coat of arms is not used, since it is rather difficult to display due to the many small details, and remembering is even more difficult. The flag is the most simple and universal identification state sign.
What is the flag of Chad?
Description
The flag of Chad was adopted on November 6, 1959. It consists of a rectangular canvas on which there are three vertical stripes. This is a combination of the French flag and one of the sets of pan-African colors.
It is known that at one time Chad was a colony of France. The most common colors of African states are green, yellow, red. They are taken from the state symbol of Ethiopia, which first applied such colors. On the Ethiopian flag, tricolor means a rainbow, which is a symbol of God's promise not to make a repeated flood for humanity.
What does the flag of Chad look like? Three vertical stripes are arranged in the following order: blue, yellow, red. What do these colors mean for the state?
Symbolism
Chad flag designed from three colors. They denote:
- blue - sky, water, hope;
- yellow - the sun and desert, located in the northern part of the state;
- red is the unity and blood shed by the inhabitants, fighting for the independence of the country.
History of creation
The state declared its independence on November 28, 1958. At that moment, the government could not present the state flag of a new independent country. It was decided to temporarily use the state symbol of France.
For several months, developed its own symbol of statehood. By June 30, 1959, a project was presented with flowers common in Africa, namely green, yellow, red. Due to the fact that other former colonies of France used the same tricolor, the government of Chad decided to develop a new design. By November 1959, the current flag of Chad was on display. It was left and used today.
Similar flags
In the world community, there are two pairs of countries that have the same flags. These states are separated from each other by oceans and have a different history of their development. Their state symbols turned out to be the same by accident.
Countries with the same flags:
- Indonesia and Monaco. Their symbols of statehood consist of a canvas on which two horizontal stripes of red and white are connected. Between the states even a legal dispute arose on this issue. But claims from Monaco have been refuted by Indonesia. Although the principality registered the banner earlier, the same symbol has been known on the territory of island India since ancient times. And the canvases remained identical.
- Romania and Chad. Their symbols of statehood, which consist of the same colors, can still be distinguished from each other.
