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Equatorial Guinea Flag

Flag History

The blue represents the sea linking the mainland of the country with Bioko and other islands. The color green symbolizes its tropical forests and natural riches, the white stands for peace and the red commemorates the blood shed in the struggle for independence. Then main device of the arms is the tree under which King Bonkoro signed the treaty with Spain in 1843. The six stars represent the six districts of the state.

Flag Date of Adoption

21 August 1979

Flag Symbolism

Three equal horizontal bands of green (top), white, and red with a blue isosceles triangle based on the hoist side and the coat of arms centered in the white band; the coat of arms has six yellow six-pointed stars (representing the mainland and five offshore islands) above a gray shield bearing a silk-cotton tree and below which is a scroll with the motto UNIDAD, PAZ, JUSTICIA (Unity, Peace, Justice)

Equatorial Guinea National Anthem

Anthem History Name: "Caminemos pisando la senda" (Let Us Tread the Path)

Lyrics/music: Atanasio Ndongo MIYONO/Atanasio Ndongo MIYONO or Ramiro Sanchez LOPEZ (disputed)

Note: Adopted 1968
Anthem Lyrics Caminemos pisando las sendas[b]

De nuestra inmensa felicidad.

En fraternidad, sin separación,

¡Cantemos Libertad!

Tras dos siglos de estar sometidos

Por la dominación colonial,[c]

En fraterna unión, sin discriminar,

¡Cantemos Libertad!

Coro:

¡Gritemos viva, libre Guinea,

Y defendamos nuestra Libertad.

Cantemos siempre, libre Guinea,

Y conservemos siempre la unidad.

¡Gritemos viva, libre Guinea,

Y defendamos nuestra Libertad.

Cantemos siempre, libre Guinea,
Anthem Lyrics English Let us walk treading the paths

Of our immense happiness.

In brotherhood, without separation,

Let us sing Freedom!

After two centuries of being subjected

By colonial domination,

In fraternal union, without discrimination,

Let's sing Freedom!

Chorus:

Let us shout long live free Guinea!,

and let us defend our Freedom.

Let us always sing free Guinea,

And let us always preserve the unity.

Let us shout long live free Guinea!,

and let us defend our Freedom.

Let us always sing free Guinea,
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