Flag of Chad
Officially Republic of Chad
Locally Tchad
What the flag looks like
Three vertical stripes of blue (hoist), yellow and red.
What it means
Blue represents the sky, hope and water, yellow the sun and desert, and red progress, unity and sacrifice.
How to remember it
Chad
and Romania
are near-twins in blue-yellow-red: Chad's blue is a slightly deeper indigo, and Andorra
and Moldova
add a coat of arms.
Fun facts
- Chad's flag is almost identical to Romania's; the only difference is a slightly darker shade of blue.
- Lake Chad has shrunk by around 90% since the 1960s.
Chad at a glance
- Capital
- N'Djamena
- Region
- Middle Africa
- Population
- 20 million
- Area
- 1,284,000 km²
- Languages
- Arabic, French
- Currency
- Central African CFA franc (FCFA)
- Flag adopted
- 1959
Flags often confused with Chad
- Romania: Romania and Chad are almost identical blue, yellow and red vertical stripes. The only difference is the shade: Chad's blue is darker (indigo), Romania's is brighter.
- Andorra: Andorra and Chad are both vertical blue, yellow and red. Chad's flag is plain with a dark blue stripe, while Andorra has a coat of arms on a slightly wider yellow center band.
- Moldova: Moldova and Chad are both blue, yellow and red vertical stripes. Moldova has an eagle coat of arms in the center; Chad's flag is plain, with a darker blue.