The Secret History Behind the Comoros' Flag
The Comoros' flag counts its islands twice: in the stripes and in the stars.
The current flag dates from 2001. It has four horizontal stripes, yellow, white, red and blue, and a green triangle at the hoist with a white crescent and four white stars. Each stripe, and each star, stands for one of the four islands of the archipelago: yellow for Mohéli, white for Mayotte, red for Anjouan and blue for Grande Comore.
Mayotte is administered by France but is also claimed by the Comoros, and that is why it has a place on the flag. The green triangle, the crescent and the stars are symbols linked to Islam, the main religion of the country.
The date printed on every Comoros design in our catalog, July 6, 1975, is the day the Comoros declared independence from France.
Four islands, four stripes and four stars.
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