The flag was used as three separate rectangular strips with red at the top initially.Īt some point, there was a change in the order of colours. The colours were also interpreted as having an association to the Holy Trinity, and the three main provinces. It is believed to represent the sacrifices Ethiopians have made to defend their land yellow for peace, church, natural wealth and love and green for their lands and for hope. The Emblem shall be a blue circle with straight and equal lines of yellow that come from all directions and join each other a star formed by the straight and equal lines yellow rays radiating from the joints of the straight and equal lines.īefore the end of the Ethiopian Empire, the colours were interpreted as: red for power and faith. The length of the Flag shall be twice its width. The colours shall be structured horizontally and be of the same size. The Flag shall have the three colours: green at the top, yellow at the middle and red at the bottom. It was this flag of Ethiopia that became the basis for the Pan African colours.Īccording to the Flag and Emblem proclamation, colours and shape of the flag were to be as follows: The green-yellow-red flag appeared on 6 th October in 1897. The colours have a special importance in the Ethiopian Empire’s Solomonic dynasty. The Ethiopian flag has all three colours till date. The original Ethiopian flag had three horizontal bands of green, yellow and red, dating back to as early as the 17 th century. Read on to know everything about the Ethiopian flag … This time, we have picked the colourful flag of Ethiopia.

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Horrizontal green yellow red flag