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Afrikaans: Vlag van Ovamboland
Deutsch: Flagge des Ovamboland
English: Flag of Ovamboland
Français : Drapeau de l'Ovamboland
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Ovambo was the first of the Homelands in South West Africa to acquire its own symbols of sovereignty. A mace for the Legislative Council, arms and flag were subsequently formally adopted.

The design of the flag of Ovambo is set out in section 2 of the Ovambo Flag Act, 1973 which reads as follows:

"The Ovambo Flag shall be a flag consisting of three horizontal stripes of equal width from top to bottom of blue, white and olive-green, on which there shall appear, in the centre of the white stripe, seven vertical olive-green staves of equal measurement symmetrically arranged.

The width of the Ovambo flag shall be equal to two-thirds of its length. The width of each vertical stave shall be equal to one-twentieth of the length of the flag.

The distance between the vertical stave mutually and between the vertical staves and the blue and olive-green stripes shall be equal to half the width of the stave".

There are seven Ovambo tribes: the Kwanyma, Ndonga, Kwambi, Ngandjera, Mbalantu, Kwaluudi and Kolonkathi-Eunda - hence the seven staves in the flag.

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current03:01, 29 July 2024Thumbnail for version as of 03:01, 29 July 2024720 × 480 (2 KB)NorthTensionno sources provided by fry1989 as to the color change, the description even says "olive-green"
13:01, 18 January 2022Thumbnail for version as of 13:01, 18 January 2022720 × 480 (737 bytes)Alkariaccurate proportions per file description; code cleanup
17:27, 15 April 2021Thumbnail for version as of 17:27, 15 April 2021639 × 426 (10 KB)Fry1989Reverted to version as of 00:21, 11 September 2020 (UTC)
23:25, 14 April 2021Thumbnail for version as of 23:25, 14 April 2021639 × 426 (8 KB)William1230Reverted to version as of 08:26, 15 December 2007 (UTC)
00:21, 11 September 2020Thumbnail for version as of 00:21, 11 September 2020639 × 426 (10 KB)Fry1989Update
08:26, 15 December 2007Thumbnail for version as of 08:26, 15 December 2007639 × 426 (8 KB)Jed{{Information |Description= Drapeau de l'Ovamboland, Namibie |Source= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Ovamboland_flag.png Wikipedia anglais] |Date= |Author= Mysid |Permission= {{PD-user|Mysid}} |other_versions= }} {{insignia}} Ovambo

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