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Flag of Guyana
Flag of Guyana
Name The Golden Arrowhead
Use National flag .
Proportion 3:5
Adopted 1966
Design A black-fimbriated red triangle over a larger white-fimbriated gold triangle, both based on the hoist and pointing toward the fly, on a field of green.
Designed by Whitney Smith
Use National ensign .
Proportion 1:2
Design An elongated version of the above.
The flag of Guyana The Golden Arrowhead , was adopted in 1966. It was designed by Whitney Smith , a prominent American vexillologist (though originally without the black and white fimbriations , which were added by the College of Arms in the United Kingdom ). The colours are symbolic : green for agriculture and forests , white for rivers and water , gold for mineral wealth, black for endurance , and red for zeal and dynamism.
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