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2:3~
by Željko Heimer, 31 Dec 2002 - click here
for an animated image
Flag adopted 25 October 2001
From the Rwandan Embassy in Paris:
NEW FLAG OF THE RWANDAN REPUBLIC
The new flag of the Rwandan republic is composed of three colors: green,
yellow and blue.
The green color: It symbolizes the hope of prosperity thanks to rational
exploitation of the force of Rwandan people and the resources of the country.
The yellow color: It symbolizes the economic development. The Rwandan
people must settle to work so as to reach durable economic development.
The blue color: It symbolizes happiness and peace. The Rwandan people
must fight for peace which will bring them to durable economic development
and happiness.
The sun and its rays of golden color: It symbolizes the light which
enlightens gradually all the people. This translates the unity, transparency
and fight against ignorance.
The new flag was designed by Alphonse Kirimobenecyo, a Rwandan artist
and engineer.
Armand du Payrat, 3 Jan 2002
The new flag and anthem of the Rwandan Republic has indeed been launched
today (on 31 December 2001). So far, I've found a single image of the flag
in the webpage of President Paul Kagame - the image is not too good to
distinguish some details. See this
webpage (and "click here for more news" in the upper left corner of
the page).
The flag corresponds roughly to the previous reports - blue-green and
rising sun. However, the blue and green fields are separated by a yellow
stripe and the sun is not rising. The flag has three horizontal stripes,
blue, yellow and green (2:1:1). In the upper fly (!) there is a yellow
sun with ca. 24 rays.
The image of the flag seems to have 1:2 ratio but the sun is a little
bit horizontally elliptical - so I guess the image is somewhat distorted,
elongated horizontally, so that the sun should in fact be circular and
the flag ratio ~2:3.
Jan Zrzavy, 31 Dec 2001
Rwanda flag is proportioned 2:3.
Pantones are:
Blue 3005c
Green 3415c
Yellow 109c
Sun yellow 130 c
(two yellow shades!!!!)
Source: SAVA newsletter, quoting the offcial flaglaws of Rwanda.
Jaume Ollé, 18 Jun 2002
There is no doubt - the ratio of 6:13 was - as far as I know - a mistake
by the Rwandan Embassy in Paris), the proportions are officially 2:3 according
to Chapter One, Article 4 of an Act dated 25 October 2001 (amending Article
7 of the Constitution adopted 10 June 1991), and published in a Special
Edition of the Official Gazette on 31 December 2001. The construction
diagram therein contained shows that the sun is not centrally located between
the top of the flag and the base on the stripe. it gives a size for the
outer rays and inner disk of the sun, and its exact position on the flag.
It also, as does every other Official source, show the sun with its top
ray upright and not offset, but does not give a width for the blue ring
around the central disk.
Christopher Southworth, 31 Mar 2004