Flags / Southern Africa and the Indian Ocean

Flag of Angola

Educational illustration shown at 4:3. The reference proportion is 2:3.

How to recognise it

Red over black with a yellow half cogwheel, machete and star in the centre.

Name in the quiz: Angola
UN member state name: Angola
ISO 3166-1 code: AO
Atlas Play pack: Southern Africa and the Indian Ocean (explorer pack)

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Easily confused with

UgandaAngola: red over black with a cogwheel and machete. Uganda: six stripes with a crane.

Source and checks

Design reference: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Angola (revision 1375265721) (Horizontal bicolour of red and black, charged in the center with a yellow emblem consisting of a machete crossed by a half-cogwheel and crowned with a five-pointed star; proportion 2:3). Checked 2026-10-21 by Claude (AI build agent): rendered flag-icons artwork compared side by side with the reference article’s lead image and its infobox design description; no human editorial review yet. Artwork: flag-icons 7.6.0 (package/flags/4x3/ao.svg), MIT licence, licence text; sanitised copy sha256 ac238b0cdd86…. Spotted a mistake? Tell us.