Flag of Uganda

What the flag means

• ⚫Black — the African people
• 🟡Yellow — sunshine
• 🔴Red — brotherhood
• 🐦The grey crowned crane — the national symbol

Design set by: ⁨The National Flag and Armorial Ensigns Act (Cap. 254), Schedule Part I⁩ · Adopted 1962

Highlights

• 🦍 Bwindi's mountain gorillas
• 🏞️ "Pearl of Africa," Nile source
• 🦁 Queen Elizabeth wildlife haven
• 💧 Spectacular Murchison Falls
• 🌿 Rich nature and biodiversity

Quick facts

Region

Africa · Eastern Africa

Population

51,384,894 people (2025)

Area

241,550 km²

Capital

Kampala

Languages

Ganda, English

Currency

Ugandan shilling (UGX)

Organizations

United Nations, African Union

Neighboring countries

• DR Congo
• Kenya
• Rwanda
• South Sudan
• Tanzania

Land neighbors, approximated from simplified map outlines.

Symbols in History (1)

Coats of arms and emblems whose historic seat lies within this country’s present-day territory.

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  Flag of Buganda

  Kingdom of Buganda (Uganda) · Banner or flag

  OriginBuganda is a kingdom on the northern shore of Lake Victoria, ruled by a king called the Kabaka, and it was the largest of the states gathered into modern Uganda. Uganda's government drove the Kabaka into exile in 1966 and abolished the kingdoms the year after; the kingship was restored in 1993 as a cultural institution, and the kingdom keeps its own flag. The design sets the emblem of the kingdom — shield, spears and lion — at the centre of a blue and white field.

  DescriptionThree upright bands of equal width run blue, white, blue, and every figure gathers in the white middle. There stands a long oval shield pointed at top and bottom: yellow, rimmed in orange, with four purple stripes ruled down the right half as you look at it and a single orange disc set at its centre. Two spears cross behind it in an X, their leaf-shaped heads rising above the shield while the shafts run out below. Underneath lies a golden lion with a dark mane, its body turned toward the hoist and its forepaws stretched out in front, while its face looks straight out at the viewer; the shield and spears speak of the kingdom's defence, the lion of the king's dignity.

  Image source: Wikimedia Commons — Flag of Buganda.svg