The official flag of
French Guiana
French Guiana ( or ; french: link=no, Guyane ; gcr, label=French Guianese Creole, Lagwiyann ) is an overseas departments and regions of France, overseas department/region and single territorial collectivity of France on the northern Atlantic ...
, an
overseas region and
department of
France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...
located in
South America
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, is the
French flag
The national flag of France (french: link=no, drapeau français) is a tricolour featuring three vertical bands coloured blue ( hoist side), white, and red. It is known to English speakers as the ''Tricolour'' (), although the flag of Ireland ...
.
The local government also uses a white logo-flag depicting the silhouette of the French Guiana map and four arrows that reference the
Maroon people
Maroons are descendants of Africans in the Americas who escaped from slavery and formed their own settlements. They often mixed with indigenous peoples, eventually evolving into separate creole cultures such as the Garifuna and the Mascogos.
...
.
Flag Ordeal
The green and yellow diagonal flag that is commonly used to represent French Guiana actually has no official status. The flag divides diagonally with green in the upper fly and yellow in the lower hoist and bears a red five pointed star in the center. Green represents the forests, Yellow represents gold and other minerals of the region, the red star represents socialism. This flag was unilaterally adopted by the general council (departmental council) of the overseas department of French Guiana on 29 January 2010, as a flag for the department of French Guiana. This was not recognized by the superior regional council. Both councils were disbanded in late 2015 and replaced by the French Guiana Assembly within the framework of the new Territorial Collectivity of French Guiana. Only the French flag is officially recognized by the French constitution as the national flag. The green and yellow flag is however still used by the
French Guiana national football team
The French Guiana football team (french: Sélection de Guyane de football) is the regional football team of the French overseas department and region of French Guiana, and is controlled by the Ligue de Football de Guyane, the local branch of Fà ...
and still commonly flown by civilians.
[Commonly used but not official flag of French Guiana]
Gallery
File:Flag of French Guiana (Local).svg, Flag of the territorial collectivity
File:Drapeau de la Guyane.svg, Banner of arms of French Guiana
File:Flag of French Guiana.svg, Flag of the former departmental council of French Guiana, disbanded in 2015
File:Drapeau Peuples Autochtones de Guyane.svg, Flag of the 6 indigenous peoples of Guyana (Since 2012)
See also
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Coat of arms of French Guiana
The coat of arms of French Guiana, a ''région'' of France located in South America, consists of a boat full of gold on a green river, charged with three white water lilies. In chief, the fleurs-de-lis of France appear beneath the date 1643. On ei ...
References
External links
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Guiana
The Guianas, sometimes called by the Spanish loan-word ''Guayanas'' (''Las Guayanas''), is a region in north-eastern South America which includes the following three territories:
* French Guiana, an overseas department and region of France
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Flag
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