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The National Flag of Namibia shall be rectangular, in the proportion of three in the length to two in width, tirced per bend reversed, blue, white and green; the white bend reversed, which shall be one third of the width of the flag, is charged with another of red, one quarter of the width of the flag. In the upper hoist there shall be a gold sun with twelve straight rays, the diameter of which shall be one third of the width of the flag, with its vertical axis one fifth of the distance from the hoist, positioned equidistant from the top edge and from the reversed bend. The rays, which shall each be two-fifths of the radius of the sun, issue from the outer edge of a blue ring, which shall be one tenth the radius of the sun.
Although no colour has a specific meaning, the symbolism attributed to the national flag by the Chairman of the National Symbols Sub-committee at a press conference on 2 February 1990 is as follows:
The main colours were taken from the flag of
SWAPO
(South West African People's Organization), the most important liberation movement. This flag was adopted in 1971 and
comprises horizontal stripes of blue-red-green, the most important colours of the
Ovambo's, the county's largest
ethnic population.
Source: Jos Poels, "Prisma Vlaggenboek", 1990.
Mark Sensen, 10 Aug 1999
National Flag. CSW/CSW 2:3
The flag is described in details from official
source. All the dimensions are provided for. The distance of the sun
emblem from the upper edge and the diagonal is only stated to have to be
equal. I designated them the letter d to indicate that. While drawing the
flag this size came (on three digits) as 3.175 (or if you want from the
center of the sun d+5=8.175) but I haven't tried to prove this mathematically.
Željko Heimer, 3 Jul 2002
I have done mathematical research and my answer is 3,170740241 (from
bend to border of sun-circle). <(24-5/cosA)/(1+1/cosA)-5A=arctan(30/45)>
But if we use only two-digital ciphers the answer shall be 3,18
We can say that 3.175 is correct too.
Victor Lomantsov, 3 Jul 2002
The specification we show, particularly the position of the sun, is correct according to the official diagram which accompanied "The National Flag of
Namibia, General Policy for use of the flag by the public" issued by the
Ministry of Information in 1990. This last also contains the full text of Chapter One, Schedule 6 of the Constitution dated 9 February 1990
(effective 12 March 1990) that established the flag, and which reads as
follows:
THE NATIONAL FLAG OF THE REPUBLIC OF NAMIBIA
The National Flag of the Republic of Namibia shall be rectangular in the proportion of three in the length to two in the width, tierced per bend
reversed, blue, white and green; the white bend reversed, which shall be one-third of the width of the flag, is charged with another of red,
one-quarter the width of the flag. In the upper hoist there shall be a gold sun with twelve straight rays, the diameter of which shall be one-third the
width of the flag, with its vertical axis one-fifth the distance from the hoist, positioned equidistant from the top edge and from the reversed bend.
The rays, which shall each be two-fifths of the radius of the sun, issue from a blue ring, which shall be one-tenth the radius of the sun.
Christopher Southworth, 14 Mar 2004
The website of the
Jean-Jaures primary school
in Marseilles shows a weird flag of Namibia. The flag is horizontally divided
dark blue-red-green!
On the same page, the languages spoken in Namibia are given as "Afrikaans,
dialects...", whereas the official language of Namibia is English!
Ivan Sache, 24 Jan 2005
A photograph of a Namibia Defence Force Air Squadron aircraft can be seen at:
http://www.afavia-fotos.co.za/mil7/images/M708.jpg and
http://www.afavia-fotos.co.za/mil7/images/M707.jpg
The fin flash is the national flag with a roundel in light blue with white and dark blue
device (reminding one of a UN agency!)
Dov Gutterman, 20 June 2004