São Tomé and Príncipe’s flag has green-yellow-green horizontal bands with a red triangle at the hoist and two black stars on the yellow band.

Meaning

The two black stars represent the two main islands, São Tomé and Príncipe. Green reflects vegetation and agriculture, yellow the tropical sun and cocoa wealth, red the independence struggle, and black the African people.

History

The design is closely related to the flag of the Movement for the Liberation of São Tomé and Príncipe and was adopted at independence from Portugal in 1975.

• Adopted: 1975
• Stars: two
• Colors: green, yellow, red and black