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| Name = Namibia
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| Adoption = 21 March 1990
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[[File:Flag of the President of the Republic of Namibia.svg|thumb|right|200px|Presidential Standard]]
[[File:Flagge Nampol.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Police Flag]]
The '''flag of [[Namibia]]''' was adopted on March 21, 1990 upon independence from [[South Africa]].

The main colors were taken from the flag of the [[South West Africa People's Organization|South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO)]], the most important liberation movement in Namibia. That flag was adopted in 1971  and comprises diagonal stripes of blue-red-green, the most important colours of the [[Ovambo people|Ovambo]]s, the largest ethnic group in the country. The flag also represents the [[Democratic Turnhalle Alliance]], another Namibian political party. The gold sun, which is similar to the [[Blue Sky with a White Sun|national emblem of the Republic of China]], represents life and energy. 

Alternatively, the chairman of the subcomittee that chose the flag after a competition where 850 designs were submitted, declared that:
*Red - represents Namibia's most important resource, its people. It refers to their heroism and their determination to build a future of equal opportunity for all;
* White - refers to peace and unity
* Green - symbolises vegetation and agricultural resources
* Blue - represents the clear Namibian sky and the Atlantic Ocean, the country's precious water resources and rain;<ref>{{Citation |author= (reported by) FG Brownell |title= Coats of Arms and Flags in Namibia|date=December 1990 |accessdate=2008-11-24 }} (A series of 8 articles.)</ref>

Red, white, and blue were the colours of the Democratic Turnhalle Alliance, and blue, red, and green, the colours of SWAPO.

[[File:Flag of Namibia (construction sheet).png|thumb|Dimensions of the flag.|200px]]

==Historical flags==
<gallery>
File:Flag of the German Empire.svg|Flag of [[German South-West Africa]] from April 24, 1884 to July 9, 1915.
File:Swafrikaflag.PNG|Proposed flag of German South-West Africa (never used).
File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg|Flag of [[South West Africa]] between July 9, 1915 - June 28, 1919.
File:South Africa Flag 1912-1928.svg|Flag of South West Africa from June 28, 1919 to May 31, 1928.
File:Flag of South Africa 1928-1994.svg|Flag of South West Africa between May 31, 1928 - March 21, 1990.
</gallery>

==References==
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==External links==
*{{FOTW|id=na|title=Namibia}}
*[http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Namibia.htm World Statesmen - Namibia]

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