File:Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg

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Français : Le drapeau de la République démocratique du Congo. Conformément à la Constitution de la République Démocratique du Congo de 2006, Article 1er: Son emblème est le drapeau bleu ciel, orné d’une étoile jaune dans le coin supérieur gauche et traversé en biais d’une bande rouge finement encadrée de jaune.

Tshiluba: Di mbendela dia Kongo

Kongo: Dalapo ya Repubilika ya Kongo Demokratiki

Lingála : Bɛndɛ́lɛ ya Republiki ya Kongó Demokratiki

Kiswahili: Bendera ya Jamhuri ya Kidemokrasia ya Kongo

Čeština: Státní vlajka Demokratické republiky Kongo.

Deutsch: Flagge der Demokratischen Republik Kongo. Erstellt laut den Angaben der Staatsverfassung von 2006.

English: The national flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Created according to the 2006 constitution : Son emblème est le drapeau bleu ciel, orné d’une étoile jaune dans le coin supérieur gauche et traversé en biais d’une bande rouge finement encadrée de jaune. (Its symbol is a sky blue flag, decorated with a yellow star in the upper left corner and crossed in the diagonal by a red strip with thin yellow borders) It seems to be identical, except for a lighter field hue, to the 1966–1971 flag.

العربية: علم جمهورية الكونغو الديمقراطية

Esperanto: Flago de la Demokratia Respubliko Kongo. Kreita laŭ la ŝtata konstitucio de 2006.

Italiano: Bandiera della Repubblica Democratica del Congo

Nederlands: Vlag van de Democratische Republiek Congo

Slovenščina: Državna zastava Demokratične republike Kongo

Svenska: Demokratiska republiken Kongos flagga

Walon : Drapea del Republike democratike do Congo

Русский: Флаг Демократической республики Конго

Date

2006-present

Source

Own work. Based on this source: [1]

Construction sheet: Vexilla Mundi.

Author

Nightstallion

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This work was first published in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and is now in the public domain because its copyright protection has expired by virtue of the Ordinance-Law No. 86-033 of 5 April 1986 on the Protection of Copyright and Neighboring Rights (details). The work meets one of the following criteria:

It is an anonymous, pseudonymous or posthumous work and 50 years have passed since the date of its publication
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Other versions

Current flags
State flag (2006-present)
State flag (2006-present) - VARIANT

Historical flags
Flag of Association Internationale Africaine, the Congo Free State (1877–1908), and the Belgian Congo (1908–1960)
Flag of Congo-Léopoldville from independence June 30, 1960 until 1963. Also used by the rival Congo-Stanleyville from 1960 to 1962.
Flag from 1963 until 1966
Flag from 1966 until 1971
Flag of Zaire 1971–1997
Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (1997-2006)
Flag since February 20, 2006