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# File:Flag of the Central African Republic.svg

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DescriptionFlag of the Central African Republic.svg

Français : Drapeau de la République centrafricaine
Dansk: Flag af den Central Afrikanske Republik
Deutsch: Flagge der Zentralafrikanischen Republik
English: Flag of the Central African Republic
Esperanto: Flago de la Centr-Afrika Respubliko
Italiano: Bandiera della Repubblica Centrafricana.
Nederlands: Vlag van de Centraal-Afrikaanse Republiek
Slovenščina: Državna zastava Srednjeafriške republike
English: The proportions of this flag are 3:2; however, there is no official definition for the correct proportions and also 5:3 is widely used.

Bleu : le Congo et l'océan qui le berce, (blue : Congo and the ocean that border it)
Blanc : le Chad et son coton, (white : Chad and its cotton)
Vert : le Gabon et ses forêts, (green : Gabon and its forests)
Or : le Centrafrique et ses richesses minières, (gold : Centrafrica and its mine resources)
Rouge : le sang versé par tous les martyrs, (red, the blood poored by all the martyrs)
L'étoile guidant les pas du peuple noir vers la liberté et l'émancipation (the star leading the steps of black people towards liberty and emancipation).
Ces quatre pays sont les anciennes colonies de l'AEF (those four nations are the former colonies of the French Equatorial Africa).

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Author | User:Nightstallion

## Licensing[ edit ]

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## File history

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| Date/Time | Thumbnail | Dimensions | User | Comment
current | 03:43, 5 August 2011 |  | 450 × 300 (689 B) | OAlexander (talk | contribs) | Cleaned up Code; more manageable nominal size; added viewBox and "title"-tag.
| 20:11, 21 March 2011 |  | 1,200 × 800 (2 KB) | Fry1989 (talk | contribs) | Reverted to version as of 18:37, 17 February 2006 please provide a source, I can't find any with that ratio
| 15:04, 21 March 2011 |  | 1,334 × 800 (3 KB) | Dxerty (talk | contribs) | Ratio corrected
| 18:37, 17 February 2006 |  | 1,200 × 800 (2 KB) | Vzb83 (talk | contribs) | rewritten the code
| 10:03, 1 January 2006 | No thumbnail | (44 KB) | Vzb83 (talk | contribs) | correct colours according to http://www.vexilla-mundi.com
| 22:20, 24 November 2005 |  | 744 × 496 (4 KB) | Nightstallion (talk | contribs) | Flag of the Central African Republic from the [http://openclipart.org/ Open Clip Art] website. {{PD-OpenClipart}} Category:SVG flags

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## File usage on Commons

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- Atlas of the Central African Republic
- Flags with stars
- Gallery of flags by design
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- Roundel
- République centrafricaine
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- User:Caetano 77
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- Commons:WikiProject Flags/flags
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- File:Cathedrale de Bangui timbre.jpeg
- File:Coat of arms of the Central African Republic-NEW.png
- File:Coat of arms of the Central African Republic (1958-1963).svg
- File:Emblem of the National Assembly of the Central African Republic.svg
- File:Falls-Boali stamp.jpg
- File:Flag of the Central African Republic.png
- File:Flag of the Central African Republic (red star).svg
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- File:Logo Mesan.svg
- File:President-D-Dacko stamp.jpg
- File:Rolland.JPG
- File:Timbre projet voie ferrée Bangui Douala.jpeg
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- Category:1970 in the Central African Republic
- Category:Blue, green, red, white, yellow ribbon bars
- Category:Central African Republic

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