List of Zambian flags
Appearance
This is a list of flags used in Zambia (Africa) from 1996 to the present date.
National Flag
[edit]Presidential Flag
[edit]Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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1964–Present | Presidential Flag of Zambia | an orange field with the national coat of arms in the center. |
Municipality Flags
[edit]Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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1936–Present | Flag of Kitwe | a horizontal bicolor of brown and blue with 7 waving white stripes with 3 circles above crosses in the brown stripe and an eagle in the blue stripe. |
Military Flags
[edit]Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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1964–Present | Flag of The Zambia Police Service | a blue field with the national flag in the canton and the emblem of the police. | |
1964–Present | Flag of The Zambian Air Force | a light blue field with The Zambia Air Force roundel in the center. | |
1964–Present | Zambian Civil Air Ensign | a light blue field with The Zambia civil air roundel in the center. |
Historical Flag
[edit]Flag | Date | Use | Description |
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1864-1891 | Flag of The Kingdom of Barotseland | a red field with a white diagonal stripe. | |
1864-1891 | Royal Flag of Barotseland | a red field with a white disc and a black elephant inside the disc. | |
1891-1924 | Flag of The Company rule in Rhodesia | A Union Jack defaced with the emblem of The British South Africa Company in the center. | |
1924-1964 | Flag of The United Kingdom | A superimposition of the flags of England and Scotland with the Saint Patrick's Saltire (representing Ireland). | |
1939-1964 | Flag of Northern Rhodesia | A blue ensign with the emblem of Northern Rhodesia. | |
1939-1964 | Flag of The Governor of Northern Rhodesia | A Union Jack defaced with the emblem of Northern Rhodesia in the center. | |
1953-1964 | Flag of The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland | A blue ensign with the emblem of the federation. | |
1953-1963 | Flag of the governor-general of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland | dark blue flag bearing the royal crest (a lion standing on the Crown), beneath which was the name of The Federation. | |
1953-1963 | Royal Rhodesia Air Force Ensign | Azure blue ensign with the Union Flag in the canton and the roundel of the Royal Rhodesian Air Force in the fly. | |
1963-1964 | Royal Rhodesia Air Force Ensign | Azure blue flag with the Union Flag in the canton and the roundel of the Royal Rhodesian Air Force in the fly. | |
1964-1996 | Flag of Zambia | A dark green field with an orange coloured eagle in flight over a rectangular block of three vertical stripes coloured from left to right in red, black and orange. |
See also
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