Flag of Burkina Faso

Infobox National flag
Name = Burkina Faso
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Use = 111000
Symbol =
Proportion = 2:3
Adoption = August 4 1984
Design = Rectangular flag in the proportion of two in the width to three in the length
Designer = The flag of Burkina Faso is formed by two equal horizontal bands of red (top) and green with a yellow five-pointed star in the center. [cite web
title = Flag of Burkina Faso
work = The World Factbook
publisher = CIA
url = https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/flags/uv-flag.html
accessdate =2008-07-15 ] The flag was adopted on August 4 1984 following the coup of 1983 which brought Thomas Sankara to power.cite book
last = Smith
first = Whitney
authorlink = Whitney Smith
title = Flag Lore Of All Nations
publisher = Millbrook Press
date = 2002
pages = 21
url = http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=EFhAUbH6ra0C
isbn =0761317538 ] The colours are the popular Pan-African colours of Ethiopia. The red represents the country's revolutionary struggle and the green stripe represents hope and abundance. The yellow star symbolises Burkina Faso's mineral wealth.

ee also

*Flag of Upper Volta

References

External links

*FOTW|id=bf|title=Burkina Faso