Flag of Côte d'Ivoire
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Flag ratio: 2:3The flag of Côte d'Ivoire features three equal vertical bands of orange (hoist side), white, and green.
It is similar to the flag of Ireland, but the latter is longer and has the colors reversed: the green is at the hoist side.
After independence, the Ivory Coast formed a loose alliance of West African states. The flags of these states were influenced both by the Pan-African colors first used by Ghana, and also by the model of the French Tricolore, the flag of the former colonial power. The colors chosen for the Cote d'Ivoire's flag were also used by Niger, with which the Cote d'Ivoire had an alliance. The resemblance to the colors of Ireland is coincidental. They were intended to symbolize the following: orange represents the savanna grasslands, white the rivers, and green the coastal forests. Another interpretation is that they represent progress, hope, and national unity. The flag was adopted in 1959, just prior to independence.
The design was based on the flag of France (the similarity in colour to the flag of the Republic of Ireland is coincidental); the orange color stands for the land, the savannah found in the northern part and its fertility, the white represents peace, and the green represents hope and also the forest of the southern part of the country.[1]
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