Cameroon Nylon Flags
World Flags
Adopted in 1975; The flag of Cameroon has three equal vertical bands of green (hoist side), red, and yellow, with a yellow five-pointed star centered in the red band. The vertical tricolor recalls the flag of France; red symbolizes unity, yellow the sun, happiness, and the savannahs in the north, and green hope and the forests in the south. The star is referred to as the "star of unity".