Capital

Luanda

Continent

Africa

Flag adopted

1975

Designer

Not individually credited

Angola

Colors and meaning

• Red #CC092F

  Blood shed during the independence struggle

• Black #000000

  The African continent

Symbolism and history

A yellow emblem combining a cogwheel (industry), a machete (agriculture and armed struggle) and a star (internationalism and progress) sits left of center, deliberately echoing the hammer and sickle of the MPLA's Marxist-era allies.

Closest-looking flags

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  Mozambique

  Both Angola and Mozambique use a similar red-over-black split with a yellow emblem carrying tools tied to their Marxist liberation movements.

Further reading: Flag of Angola on Wikipedia