Flag of Togo
Officially Togolese Republic
What the flag looks like
Five horizontal stripes alternating green and yellow, with a red square canton in the upper hoist bearing a white five-pointed star.
What it means
Green stands for hope and agriculture, yellow for faith in work, red for the blood of the martyrs and the white star for hope; the five stripes represent the country's regions.
How to remember it
Togo
is a Liberia-style 'lone star' flag in African colors: five green and yellow stripes with a white star in a red corner.
Fun facts
- The flag was designed by Togolese artist Paul Ahyi.
- Togo is a narrow strip of land with a coastline only about 56 km long.
Togo at a glance
- Capital
- Lomé
- Region
- Western Africa
- Population
- 8.4 million
- Area
- 56,785 km²
- Languages
- French
- Currency
- West African CFA franc (FCFA)
- Flag adopted
- 1960
Flags often confused with Togo
- Liberia: Liberia and Togo both have horizontal stripes and a square canton with one white star. Liberia is red and white with a blue canton; Togo is green and yellow with a red canton.