Flag of Cameroon

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Republic of Cameroon

Use	National flag and ensign
Proportion	2:3
Adopted	20 May 1975; 49 years ago (1975-05-20)
Design	A vertical tricolour of green, red and yellow, with a gold star centred on the red band.

The national flag of Cameroon (French: drapeau du Cameroun) was adopted in its present form on 20 May 1975 after Cameroon became a unitary state. It is a vertical tricolour of green, red and yellow, with a yellow five-pointed star in its center. There is a wide variation in the size of the central star, although it is always contained within the inside stripe.