Flag of The Gambia 475475 215386706 2008-05-27T23:32:34Z 72.64.154.253 added info [[Image:Flag of The Gambia.svg|right|250px|thumb|[[Image:FIAV 111111.svg|23px]] Flag ratio: 2:3]] The [[national flag]] of [[Gambia]], designed by Pa Louis Thomasi<ref>{{cite web|url=http://statehousenews.info/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=97&Itemid=9|title=President Jammeh appoints new cabinet|accessdate=2008-05-26 |publisher=The Gambia Statehouse News |date=October 23, 2006}}</ref>, consists of a horizontal tricolour of red, blue and green. The colours are separated by white stripes. The red at the top symbolises the [[sun]], as well as the [[savanna]]. Below the red is blue that symbolises the [[Gambia River]] that flows through the nation. The green symbolises the land, and also the forests of the nation. The white portions represent peace. The flag was adopted on February 18, 1965, the day it became fully independent of Britain. The flag of the Gambia has no political basis. The blue stripe of the flag represents the River Gambia flowing between the green forest and the red savanna. == References == {{Reflist}} <br clear=all> {{Africa topic|Flag of|title=[[Flags of Africa]]}} {{nationalflags}}<!-- to edit this table, go to [[Template:Nationalflags]] --> [[Category:National flags|Gambia]] [[Category:National symbols of The Gambia]] {{flag-stub}} {{Gambia-stub}} [[ast:Bandera de Gambia]] [[bs:Zastava Gambije]] [[bg:Национално знаме на Гамбия]] [[ca:Bandera de Gàmbia]] [[cs:Gambijská vlajka]] [[da:Gambias flag]] [[de:Flagge Gambias]] [[et:Gambia lipp]] [[el:Σημαία της Γκάμπιας]] [[es:Bandera de Gambia]] [[fr:Drapeau de la Gambie]] [[hr:Zastava Gambije]] [[bpy:গাম্বিয়ার ফিরালহান]] [[id:Bendera Gambia]] [[it:Bandiera del Gambia]] [[he:דגל גמביה]] [[sw:Bendera ya Gambia]] [[lt:Gambijos vėliava]] [[hu:Gambia zászlaja]] [[nl:Vlag van Gambia]] [[ja:ガンビアの国旗]] [[no:Gambias flagg]] [[pl:Flaga Gambii]] [[pt:Bandeira da Gâmbia]] [[ru:Флаг Гамбии]] [[sk:Vlajka Gambie]] [[sr:Застава Гамбије]] [[fi:Gambian lippu]] [[sv:Gambias flagga]] [[th:ธงชาติแกมเบีย]] [[zh:冈比亚国旗]]