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[[File:Flag of Rwanda.svg|thumb|250px|right|[[File:FIAV 111000.svg|20px]] Flag ratio: 2:3]]
[[File:Flag of Rwanda (1962-2001).svg|thumb|250px|right|Old flag of Rwanda (1962–2001)]]
[[File:Flag Rwanda 1959.svg|thumb|250px|right|Flag of the [[Kingdom of Rwanda]] (1959–1962)]]
The '''flag of [[Rwanda]]''' was adopted on October 25, 2001.

The flag has four [[color|colour]]s: [[blue]], [[green]], and two forms of [[yellow]] (standard yellow for the middle band and what the [[Pantone]] system calls "sun yellow" for the sun).

The blue band represents happiness and peace, the yellow band symbolizes economic development, and the green band symbolizes the hope of prosperity. The sun represents enlightenment.<ref name="FOTW" />

The flag was designed by Alphonse Kirimobenecyo.

==Previous flag==
Rwanda's previous flag was a red-yellow-green [[tricolour]] with a large black letter "[[R]]" (to distinguish it from the otherwise identical [[Flag of Guinea]]). Derived from the [[flag of Ethiopia]], the colours green, yellow, and red represented peace; the nation's hope for future development; and the people. The flag was changed because it had become associated with the brutality of the [[Rwandan Genocide]].<ref name="FOTW"> [http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/rw-ad01.html#var "Flags of the World" page on flag of Rwanda]</ref>

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[[Category:National flags|Rwanda]]
[[Category:National symbols of Rwanda]]

[[af:Vlag van Rwanda]]
[[ar:علم رواندا]]
[[frp:Drapél du Rouanda]]
[[ast:Bandera de Ruanda]]
[[az:Ruanda bayrağı]]
[[be:Сцяг Руанды]]
[[be-x-old:Сьцяг Руанды]]
[[bs:Zastava Ruande]]
[[bg:Национално знаме на Руанда]]
[[ca:Bandera de Rwanda]]
[[cs:Rwandská vlajka]]
[[da:Rwandas flag]]
[[de:Flagge Ruandas]]
[[et:Rwanda lipp]]
[[el:Σημαία της Ρουάντα]]
[[es:Bandera de Ruanda]]
[[eo:Flago de Ruanda respubliko]]
[[fr:Drapeau du Rwanda]]
[[ko:르완다의 국기]]
[[hi:रवांडा का ध्वज]]
[[hr:Zastava Ruande]]
[[bpy:রুয়ান্ডার ফিরালহান]]
[[id:Bendera Rwanda]]
[[it:Bandiera del Ruanda]]
[[he:דגל רואנדה]]
[[lt:Ruandos vėliava]]
[[hu:Ruanda zászlaja]]
[[mk:Знаме на Руанда]]
[[ms:Bendera Rwanda]]
[[nl:Vlag van Rwanda]]
[[ja:ルワンダの国旗]]
[[no:Rwandas flagg]]
[[pl:Flaga Rwandy]]
[[pt:Bandeira do Ruanda]]
[[ru:Флаг Руанды]]
[[sco:Banner o Rwanda]]
[[sk:Vlajka Rwandy]]
[[sr:Застава Руанде]]
[[sh:Zastava Ruande]]
[[fi:Ruandan lippu]]
[[sv:Rwandas flagga]]
[[th:ธงชาติรวันดา]]
[[uk:Прапор Руанди]]
[[yo:Àsìá ilẹ̀ Rùwándà]]
[[zh:盧旺達國旗]]