{"id":1645,"date":"2021-01-04T17:18:18","date_gmt":"2021-01-04T14:18:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flags-world.com\/en\/flag-of-sierra-leone\/"},"modified":"2021-10-03T15:59:05","modified_gmt":"2021-10-03T12:59:05","slug":"flag-of-sierra-leone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flags-world.com\/en\/flag-of-sierra-leone\/","title":{"rendered":"Flag of Sierra Leone: meaning and colors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sierra Leone (Republic of Sierra Leone) &#8211; Government located in West <a href=\"https:\/\/flags-world.com\/en\/category\/country-flags\/flags-of-africa-countries\/\">Africa<\/a>. The area of \u200b\u200bthe area form 71.7 thousand. Sq.km., Population of 6.6 million. Human. From the Portuguese language, the name of the country is translated as &#8220;Lion Mountains&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">So the modern flag of Sierra Leone:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span itemprop=\"image\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><img itemprop=\"url image\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4028\" src=\"https:\/\/flags-world.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/flag-serra-leone-1.png\" alt=\"Flag of Sierra Leone-1\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" \/><meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"1024\"><meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"682\"><\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\">History flag of Sierra Leone<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The 1st faithful information about Sier Leone belongs to the 16th century. Various African tribes lived in her location.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The first Europeans who visited the region were <a href=\"https:\/\/flags-world.com\/en\/flags-of-portugal\/\">Portuguese<\/a>. The British followed them and already in the 1st year of the 19th century, Sier Leone became the colony of <a href=\"https:\/\/flags-world.com\/en\/flag-of-the-united-kingdom\/\">Britain<\/a>. Over the next decades, the whole territory was taken under the control of the British crown.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">As with other overseas territories, by the end of the 19th century, a sign was created for the country.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span itemprop=\"image\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><img itemprop=\"url image\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4030\" src=\"https:\/\/flags-world.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/flag-serra-leone-2.png\" alt=\"Flag of Sierra Leone-2\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" \/><meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"1024\"><meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"512\"><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Personal symbolism was the governor.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span itemprop=\"image\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><img itemprop=\"url image\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4031\" src=\"https:\/\/flags-world.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/flag-serra-leone-3.png\" alt=\"Flag of Sierra Leone-3\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" \/><meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"1024\"><meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"512\"><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">At the end of 1916, the symbol of the country and the governor accepted the 2nd view.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span itemprop=\"image\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><img itemprop=\"url image\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4032\" src=\"https:\/\/flags-world.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/flag-serra-leone-4.gif\" alt=\"Flag of Sierra Leone-4\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" \/><meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"1024\"><meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"512\"><\/span> <span itemprop=\"image\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><img itemprop=\"url image\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4033\" src=\"https:\/\/flags-world.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/flag-serra-leone-5.png\" alt=\"Flag of Sierra Leone-5\" width=\"1024\" height=\"513\" \/><meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"1024\"><meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"513\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Colonial status lasts until 1961, in which it was proclaimed the municipal sovereignty. April 27, 1961. Was raised a new municipal <a href=\"https:\/\/flags-world.com\/en\/\">flag<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Within 10 years, at the end of the declaration of independence in the country, not counting this symbol of Elizabeth II for Sierra Leone and the ideal of the governor.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span itemprop=\"image\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><img itemprop=\"url image\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4034\" src=\"https:\/\/flags-world.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/flag-serra-leone-6.png\" alt=\"Flag of Sierra Leone-6\" width=\"1024\" height=\"640\" \/><meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"1024\"><meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"640\"><\/span> <span itemprop=\"image\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><img itemprop=\"url image\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4035\" src=\"https:\/\/flags-world.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/flag-serra-leone-7.png\" alt=\"Flag of Sierra Leone-7\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" \/><meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"1024\"><meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"512\"><\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Description<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The cloth is broken by three horizontal stripes of equal width. The colors of strips are distributed in the following sequence: green, white, blue. The width ratio to the length of the ensign is equal to 2:3.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Colors flag of Sierra Leone<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">On the flag of Sierra Leone, three colors are used:<\/p>\n<ol style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>Green;<\/li>\n<li>White;<\/li>\n<li>Blue.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Meaning colors flag of Sierra Leone<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The colors of the flag of the republic symbolize:<\/p>\n<ol style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>Green &#8211; Natural Resources, Mountains, Agriculture;<\/li>\n<li>Blue &#8211; chasing heaven and hope for peaceful times;<\/li>\n<li>White &#8211; unity and legality.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Other flags<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The country&#8217;s Presidential Standard has been established and approved and approved.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span itemprop=\"image\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><img itemprop=\"url image\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4036\" src=\"https:\/\/flags-world.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/flag-serra-leone-8.png\" alt=\"Flag of Sierra Leone-8\" width=\"1024\" height=\"637\" \/><meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"1024\"><meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"637\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">An identification sign (Roundel) for the republican army, there is an emblem having a round shape.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span itemprop=\"image\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><img itemprop=\"url image\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4037\" src=\"https:\/\/flags-world.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/flag-serra-leone-9.png\" alt=\"Flag of Sierra Leone-9\" width=\"900\" height=\"900\" \/><meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"900\"><meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"900\"><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Naval Flag:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span itemprop=\"image\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><img itemprop=\"url image\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4038\" src=\"https:\/\/flags-world.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/flag-serra-leone-10.png\" alt=\"Flag of Sierra Leone-10\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" \/><meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"1024\"><meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"682\"><\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Interesting facts about the flag<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Sierra Leon Official Flag is used for incurred commercial ships, due to the fact that in comfortable for implementation.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Non-specialized information about Sierra Leone<\/h2>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<td>Official language<\/td>\n<td>English<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<td>Capital<\/td>\n<td>Freetown<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<td>Territory<\/td>\n<td>71 740 km2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<td>Population<\/td>\n<td>5 363 669 people<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<td>Currency<\/td>\n<td>Leone<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: justify;\">Telephone code<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: justify;\">+232<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sierra Leone (Republic of Sierra Leone) &#8211; Government located in West Africa. The area of \u200b\u200bthe area form 71.7 thousand. Sq.km., Population of 6.6 million. Human. 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