Flag of Zambia

What the flag looks like

A green field with a block of three vertical stripes, red, black and orange, in the lower fly, beneath an orange eagle in flight.

What it means

Green represents natural resources, red the struggle for freedom, black the people and orange the country's mineral wealth, especially copper; the eagle represents rising above the nation's problems.

How to remember it

Zambia puts all its action in the fly corner: an orange fish eagle soaring over red, black and orange stripes on a green field.

Fun facts

• The eagle is an African fish eagle, the national bird.
• Zambia shares Victoria Falls, locally Mosi-oa-Tunya, 'the smoke that thunders', with Zimbabwe.

Zambia at a glance

Capital

Lusaka

Region

Eastern Africa

Population

21 million

Area

752,612 km²

Languages

English

Currency

Zambian kwacha (ZK)

Flag adopted

1964