Flag of Republic of the Congo
Educational illustration shown at 4:3. The reference proportion is 2:3.
How to recognise it
A yellow diagonal band from the lower hoist to the upper fly between green and red triangles.
- Name in the quiz
- Republic of the Congo
- Also called
- Congo, Congo-Brazzaville
- UN member state name
- Congo
- ISO 3166-1 code
- CG
- Atlas Play pack
- Central Africa (explorer pack)
Easily confused with
DR CongoRepublic of the Congo: green, yellow and red. DR Congo: sky blue with a red band and a yellow star.
SeychellesSeychelles: five bands fanning from one corner. Republic of the Congo: one yellow band between green and red.
Trinidad and TobagoTrinidad and Tobago: black on red, top hoist to bottom fly. Republic of the Congo: yellow between green and red, the other way up.
TanzaniaRepublic of the Congo: green, yellow, red. Tanzania: green, black edged in yellow, blue.
Source and checks
Design reference: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_the_Congo (revision 1375920003) (A diagonal tricolour of green, yellow and red radiating from the lower hoist side corner; 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/cg.svg), MIT licence, licence text; sanitised copy sha256 27e46cac59c1…. Spotted a mistake? Tell us.