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![[Flag of the Gambia]](../images/g/gm.gif)
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 [udk97] says this was
adopted on 18 February 1965 and Smith
[smi76]
is more precise, saying «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
![[specs of the Gambian Flag]](../images/g/gm'.gif)
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)
[udk97] gives as symbolism of the colours:
Green is said to represent forest and red savannah.
Ivan Sache, 06 Oct 2001
Politikens Flagbook, 2000 [udk98a], 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