Flag of Niger

Flag origins

Niger's flag has orange, white and green horizontal bands with an orange disc in the middle. Adopted on 23 November 1959, it officially associates orange with the northern desert, green with the fertile southern plains along the Niger River, and the disc with the sun. The constitutional description specifies three equal bands and a central orange circle.

Flag story

The flag came before full independence on 3 August 1960: Niger became a republic in December 1958 and adopted this design roughly eight months before independence. The more elaborate national arms include a sun, two Tuareg swords and a spear, millet and a cattle head, representing courage, agriculture and pastoral life. Those arms are not drawn on the flag.

Editorial notes and references

Edited by ABELHA WORKS. The English text translates the administrator-edited Japanese description. Legends should be distinguished from documented history. General reference links do not substantiate every statement in the text.

• Niger — general information on Wikipedia
• Japan MOFA: countries and regions (Japanese)

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