The flag of Togo (French: drapeau du Togo) is the national flag, ensign, and naval jack of Togo. It has five equal horizontal bands of green (top and bottom) alternating with yellow. There is a white five-pointed star on a red square in the upper hoist-side corner. It uses the pan-African colors of Ethiopia, but the design resembles the flag of Liberia, which itself echoes the flag of the United States, making it part of both the pan-African and Stars and Stripes flag families.
Symbolism[]
The four colors (green, red, white and yellow) are the pan-African colors.
The colors of the flag are meant to symbolize the following:
- Red represents blood shed by Togo's freedom fighters
- White star represents hope
- Green represents the forests, agriculture, nature, and overall hope for the future
- Yellow represents the natural resources of the country
The five stripes represent the five regions of Togo.
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