Last modified: 2006-09-23 by phil nelson
Keywords: cote dʼivoire | ivory coast | tricolour: orange white green | elephant head |
Links: FOTW homepage |
search |
disclaimer and copyright |
write us |
mirrors
Proportions: 2:3 |
Location: Western Africa
Neighboring Countries: |
Côte dʼIvoire: Index of Pages
See also
Orange, white and green vertical tricolour. The
construction details provided by the figure in Album des Pavillons (2000)
[pay00] explain that the stripes are of equal width. Pantone
approximation is given as orange Pantone 151c, green Pantone 347c.
Željko Heimer, 1 June 2001
According to the web site of the Presidency of the Republic (no longer
available), orange is the colour of the land, rich and generous, the meaning
of our fight, the blood of a young people fighting for emancipation. White is
for peace, but peace with justice. Green is for hope and the certainty
of a better future.
M.V. Blanes, 21 June 2000
Other sources have reported that orange represents the savannahs in the
north of the land, and green the woods in the south. White is a symbol of
unity. This symbolism is the same as for the orange-white-green flag of Niger,
and the vertical positions are influenced by the French tricolor. Officially
adopted on 3 December 1959.
Proportions 2:3.
Željko Heimer
From the National Presidency web site:
The national flag should be placed
Salute to the colours should occur regularly in schools and colleges and
during official ceremonies.
Ivan Sache, 30 November 2000
According to Cote d'Ivoire Embassy in Tokyo they confirm they modified the
coat of arms and changed the colour in shield from green to orange
fading to green and in scroll from green to orange, white and green. They gave
me the government website which shows the current coat of arms image.
The embassy has informed me this change happened sometime between November
2000 and January 2001.
Nozomi Kariyasu, 17 January 2002, 20 February 2002
The website shows the scroll in the national colours - Republique on an
orange background, de Cote on a white one, and d'Ivoire on a green one, a
golden sun with black and white rays, green palm trees with black and white
stripes [palm trees are botanically not trees but herbs, so they have stipes
instead of trunks] and a shield of indistinct colour (orange-greenish).
Ivan Sache, 30 November 2000
The elephant is the largest and strongest animal in the local fauna and gave its name to the country; it is considered as the national emblematic animal. The arms featuring the elephant, two palm trees and a rising sun, should be placed on all official documents.
[The elephant was also the emblem of "Rassemblement Démocratique Africain", party of the late president Houphouet-Boigny at the time of independence, according to DK Pocket Book (1997) [rya97]. and Smith (1975) [smi75b] says the party name was "Parti Démocratique de Cote d'Ivoire". These are probably two successive names for the same party.]
The arms are represented in Smith with a green shield and all the rest in
yellow (scroll, palm trees, rising sun). Smith and DK Pocket Book both say the
shield was initially blue, but altered to green in 1964 to match better the
national flag colours.
Ivan Sache, 30 November 2000
From Album des Pavillons (2000) [pay00]:
the roundel
is green-white-orange concentric disks with diameters approximately 50:35:14
respectively. Note to the figure explains that the national flag is painted on
the fin.
Željko Heimer, 1 June 2001
Force Aerienne de la Cote d'Ivoire was formed in Dec. 1961 and use the same
markings continuously.
Dov Guitterman, 14 June 2004