Flags / Southern Africa and the Indian Ocean

Flag of Mozambique

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

How to recognise it

Green, black and yellow bands edged in white, with a red triangle at the hoist holding a star, a book, a hoe and a rifle.

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

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Easily confused with

ZimbabweMozambique: a red triangle with a book, hoe and rifle. Zimbabwe: a white triangle with a red star and bird.

Source and checks

Design reference: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Mozambique (revision 1375772043) (A horizontal tricolour of green, black, and gold with white fimbriations and a red isosceles triangle at the hoist. The triangle is charged with a five-pointed gold star which has above it a bayonet-equipped AK-47 crossed by a hoe, superimposed on an open book; 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/mz.svg), MIT licence, licence text; sanitised copy sha256 151f241e20a7…. Spotted a mistake? Tell us.