Flags / Southern Africa and the Indian Ocean

Flag of Mauritius

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

How to recognise it

Four equal horizontal stripes: red, blue, yellow, then green.

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

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Easily confused with

GabonMauritius: four stripes, red on top. Gabon: three bands, green on top.
SeychellesSeychelles: the bands fan out diagonally. Mauritius: four flat stripes.

Source and checks

Design reference: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Mauritius (revision 1375371688) (Four horizontal bands of red, blue, yellow and green; 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/mu.svg), MIT licence, licence text; sanitised copy sha256 05996f17653e…. Spotted a mistake? Tell us.