Banner o Namibie

Presidential Standard

Police Flag

The banner o Namibie wis adoptit on Mairch 21, 1990 upon independence frae Sooth Africae.

The main colors wur taken frae the banner o the Sooth Wast Africae People's Organization (SWAPO), the maist important liberation movement in Namibie. That flag wis adoptit in 1971 an comprises diagonal stripes o blue-red-green, the maist important colours o the Ovambos, the lairgest ethnic group in the country. The flag an aa represents the Democratic Turnhalle Alliance, anither Namibian politeecal pairty. The gold sun, which is similar tae the national emblem o the Republic o Cheenae, represents life an energy.

Alternatively, the chairman o the subcomittee that chose the flag efter a competition where 850 designs wur submitted, declared that:

Red - represents Namibie's maist important resource, its fowk. It refers tae their heroism an their determination tae build a future o equal opportunity for aw;
White - refers tae peace an unity
Green - symbolises vegetation an agricultural resources
Blue - represents the clear Namibian sky an the Atlantic Ocean, the kintra's precious water resources and rain;^[1]

Red, white, an blue wur the colours o the Democratic Turnhalle Alliance, an blue, red, an green, the colours o SWAPO.