Flag of Guinea
Officially Republic of Guinea
Locally Guinée
What the flag looks like
Three vertical stripes of red (hoist), yellow and green.
What it means
Red stands for the sacrifice of the martyrs and labour, yellow for the sun and the country's mineral wealth, and green for its vegetation; together they echo the motto 'Work, Justice, Solidarity'.
How to remember it
Guinea
reads red-yellow-green from the flagpole, like a traffic light read from 'stop' to 'go'; Mali
is the exact mirror image, starting green.
Fun facts
- Guinea's flag is Mali's flag reversed.
- Guinea holds the world's largest known reserves of bauxite, the main ore of aluminium.
- The Niger, Senegal and Gambia rivers all rise in Guinea, earning it the nickname 'water tower of West Africa'.
Guinea at a glance
- Capital
- Conakry
- Region
- Western Africa
- Population
- 15 million
- Area
- 245,857 km²
- Languages
- French
- Currency
- Guinean franc (FG)
- Flag adopted
- 1958
Flags often confused with Guinea
- Mali: Guinea and Mali are both red, yellow and green vertical stripes in mirror order. Guinea starts with red at the hoist; Mali starts with green.
- Senegal: Guinea and Senegal both have red, yellow and green vertical stripes. Guinea starts with red and is plain; Senegal starts with green and has a green star in the center.
- Cameroon: Cameroon and Guinea are both vertical green, red and yellow. Cameroon goes green, red, yellow with a yellow star; Guinea goes red, yellow, green with no star.