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Flag of South Africa

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

How to recognise it

A green Y on its side, edged in white and gold, around a black triangle at the hoist; red above and blue below.

Name in the quiz: South Africa
UN member state name: South Africa
ISO 3166-1 code: ZA
Atlas Play pack: Africa

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Easily confused with

GuyanaTriangles nested at the hoist with thin white and gold edges.
JamaicaBlack, green and gold with diagonal lines.
VanuatuA Y on its side around a black hoist triangle.

Source and checks

Design reference: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_South_Africa (Red and blue bands with a black hoist triangle and a green Y-shaped pall edged in white and gold; proportion 2:3). Checked 2026-10-18 by Claude (AI build agent): rendered artwork compared with the reference design description; no human editorial review yet. Artwork: flag-icons 7.6.0 (package/flags/4x3/za.svg), MIT licence, licence text; sanitised copy sha256 faec94f9ef4b…. Spotted a mistake? Tell us.