White stands for peace. Red symbolises the fight for independence. Each flag you see is a picture that has a meaning and sends a message to everyone who sees it. Every country in the world has a flag that represents it and announces to the world that they are proud of our country. Regions and cities often have flags, too. The national emblem of Mozambique was adopted in It is composed of a cog wheel surrounded by corn stalks and sugarcane. Inside the cog wheel, an AK and hoe crosses over a red sun over a green map of Mozambique and an open white book.
Below the green map are blue waves. The wreath sugar cane and corn is tied with a red ribbon, bearing the country's name in French. The AK represents defense, while the hoe represents agriculture. The book symbolizes education and the cog wheel is symbolic of labor and industry. The red star above the cog wheel symbolizes the spirit of international solidarity. The anthem has three verses and a chorus. However, only the first verse and the chorus sung twice are often performed.
The name of the currency comes from an Arabic word called mithqal. It was used to refer to the gold dinar coin that was widely used across many nations in Africa before the 19 th Century. The coinage period of the Mozambican metical occurred in two phases. Six years later, aluminium-made 1, 10, 20, and 50 meticais were introduced. Another revolution in the coinage came in where the 1, 5, 10, 20, and 50 MZM coins were made of brass and steel whereas the , , and 1, MZM coins were struck using nickel.
From top to bottom, there shall be green, black and gold horizontal stripes, separated by stripes of white. On the left side, there shall be a red triangle, in the centre of which there shall be a gold star. Above this there shall be a crossed hoe and gun, superimposed upon a book. The star shall symbolise the spirit of international solidarity of the Mozambican people. The book, hoe and gun shall symbolise study, production and defence".
The pantone colour codes for the flag are : Red - c Green - c Yellow - c. Article deals with the Coat of Arms : "The emblem of the Republic of Mozambique shall contain as its central elements a book, a gun and a hoe, superimposed on a map of Mozambique, representing respectively education, defence and vigilance and peasantry and agricultural production.
Below the map the ocean shall be represented. The flag of Mozambique is, perhaps most well known, for being the only flag in the world with a modern firearm depicted in its design, namely an AK with a bayonet attached. Whilst you may not regularly think about Mozambique, hidden away in the south-east of Africa, just north of South Africa, on the coast of the Indian Ocean, it has a long and complicated history, much of which depicted within the flag design.
Each horizontal bar is separated from the others by a thin white bar. On the hoist-side of the flag is a red triangle, similar to that on the flags of Palestine and Jordan. Upon the red triangle is found an AK crossing a hoe above a book. All of which is atop a yellow star. The green represents the natural landscape of Mozambique and the rich environment of the country.
Red represents the struggle for independence from Portugal which founded the nation as a colony in the s, relinquishing control after a bloody civil war in The hoe is symbolic of agriculture; the AK represents the importance of defence and vigilance. The book is emblematic of the importance of education. It is all emblazoned on a yellow star which is symbolic of communism, more specifically, Marxism.
Since , Mozambique was a colony of the Portuguese empire; as a national flag, Mozambique flew the national flag of Portugal.
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