Educational illustration shown at 4:3. The reference proportion is 2:3.
How to recognise it
Six horizontal stripes repeating black, yellow and red, with a white disc in the centre showing a crowned crane.
- Name in the quiz
- Uganda
- UN member state name
- Uganda
- ISO 3166-1 code
- UG
- Atlas Play pack
- Africa (starter pack)
Easily confused with
AngolaAngola: red over black with a cogwheel and machete. Uganda: six stripes with a crane.
KenyaKenya: black, red, green with a shield and spears. Uganda: six stripes of black, yellow, red with a crane in a white disc.
ZimbabweZimbabwe: a white triangle at the hoist with a bird. Uganda: a white disc with a crane in the centre.
Source and checks
Design reference: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Uganda (Six equal horizontal bands of black, yellow, red, black, yellow and red, with a white disc bearing a crested crane; proportion 2:3). Checked 2026-10-18 by Claude (AI build agent): rendered artwork compared with the reference design description; no human editorial review yet. Artwork: flag-icons 7.6.0 (package/flags/4x3/ug.svg), MIT licence, licence text; sanitised copy sha256 7d0edb630926…. Spotted a mistake? Tell us.