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Caprivi (Namibia)

by Mark Sensen, 10 Oct 1995

This was the flag of East-Caprivi adopted in 1977.
Mark Sensen, 10 Oct 1995

Design of Caprivi's flag
History of Caprivi's flags
Pre-1977 flag of Caprivi
Caprivi African National Union

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Design of Caprivi's flag

The design of the flag of Caprivi is set out in section 2 of the Caprivi Flag Act, 1977 which reads as follows:
"The Caprivi Flag shall be a flag consisting of four horizontal stripes of equal width from top to bottom of black, white green and blue, on which there shall appear, in the centre of the flag on the white and green stripes, two black elephants of equal size facing each other with their trunk raised, the front halves entwined once around each other with only the tips thereof raised above the height of their heads.
The height of the elephants shall be two-thirds of the width of the two stripes.
The width of the Caprivi Flag shall be equal to two thirds of its length"
The two elephants represent the two principal tribes of the Caprivi area, the Mafwe and the Basubia. The black and white stripes on the flag are said to represent the people of the area, the green for agriculture and the blue for the waters surrounding this area, namely the Zambezi, Chobe, Linyandi and Kwando rivers as well as Lake Liambezi.
An original design for a flag of Caprivi consisted of blue, white and blue horizontal stripes, charged in the centre with two crossed black whisks. This design was not adopted, presumably because of the similarity with the flag of the Gazankulu in South Africa.
Caprivi was re-incorporated into