Flags / Southern Africa and the Indian Ocean

Flag of Lesotho

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

How to recognise it

Blue, white and green horizontal bands with a black pointed straw hat on the white.

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

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Easily confused with

Sierra LeoneLesotho: blue on top and a black hat on the wider white. Sierra Leone: green on top, equal bands.
EswatiniEswatini: a wide red band with a shield and spears. Lesotho: white and green with a black hat.

Source and checks

Design reference: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Lesotho (revision 1373372512) (A horizontal triband of blue, white and green in proportions 3:4:3; charged with a black mokorotlo (a Basotho hat) centred on the white band; 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/ls.svg), MIT licence, licence text; sanitised copy sha256 0f84e7b13610…. Spotted a mistake? Tell us.