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Horizontally divided flag with stripes top to bottom red, white, blue, white, green in ratio 6:1:4:1:6.
Željko Heimer, 06 Oct 2001
Dorling-Kindersley [rya97] says this was adopted on 18 February 1965 and Smith [smi76] is more precise, saying that it was «officially hoisted on 18 February 1965», which may (or not) mean that the flag had been use before.
Ivan Sache, 06 Oct 2001
These symbols [flag and arms] were not modified during the short-lived Senegambian Federation (1981-1989). Remember that Gambia is enclaved within Senegal. The distance between both north and south borders never exceeds 25 km.
Ivan Sache, 06 Oct 2001
Symbolism: light blue, the Gambia river that flows through the land; red, the sun overhead; green, the land.
David Kendall, 01 Oct 1996
Note that a possible source for the symbolism given above is Smith (1976) [smi76].
Ivan Sache, 06 Oct 2001
Dorling-Kindersley Pocket Book (1998) [rya97] gives as symbolism of the colours: Green is said to represent forest and red savannah.
Ivan Sache, 06 Oct 2001
Politikens Flagbook, 2000 [rya98a], has for the colours (translated):
Red symbolizes the savannah’s grass plains and the sun; the blue stripe stands for the river Gambia; green symbolizes the forests as well as agriculture.But in the text it says (translated):
The blue stripe symbolizes the river Gambia, which flows between the green forest and the red savannah. White stands for unity and peace.Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, 07 Oct 2001
According to M. Tallocci [tal93], the white fimbriations represent peace and purity.
Ivan Sache, 04 Oct 1996
The article [oaw07] says the blue stripe, which represents the river, in the middle; the white stripes on either side represent the lowland rice fields. The red and green stripes at top and bottom represent the higher land - red for laterite, green for forest.
Richard Mallett, 28 Apr 2007
In some sources, the interpretation of the colours is slightly different for the coat of arms.
Ivan Sache, 06 Oct 2001
Gambia SG 395 (13th. anniversary of independence 1978) which shows the flag as red-white-green-white-blue — the article [oaw07] says.
Richard Mallett, 28 Apr 2007
The stamp FotW#02249 shows two scarcely clad men trying to tip each other off a narrow rail by hitting one another with pillows, in what seems to be a sporting competition. The said pillows are white with a wide stripe patterned after the national flag of Gambia, but with green and blue swapped.
António Martins, 21 Aug 2007
Blue flag with the coat of arms in the middle and golden fringe along three edges. [smi82] does not mention this flag, but [cra90k] already describes it. Possibly it was not adopted yet in 1970 when the republic was proclaimed, but latter on.
Željko Heimer, 06 Oct 2001
At the official website, you can se parts of this flag.
Christian Berghänel, 18 Dec 2002
The national flag defaced with the coat of arms (approximately) of 2/3 height of the hoist.
Željko Heimer, 06 Oct 2001
Adopted in 18 November 1964.
Nozomi Kariyasu
Znamierowski [zna99] says that the original idea of design came from Gambia and was forwarded to the College of Arms.
Ivan Sache, 06 Oct 2001
In some sources, the interpretation of the colours is slightly different for the coat of arms: According to Smith [smi76],
According to this WMO page and book [c9h07], Gambia uses the international system.
Jan Mertens, 08 Nov 2007
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