What is Flag of Mozambique?
{{Infobox flag|Image=Flag of Mozambique.svg|Proportion=2:3|Adoption=1 May 1983|Image2=Flag of Mozambique (1974–1975).svg|Imagetext2=Variant flag}} The '''flag of [[Mozambique]]''' was adopted on May 1, 1983.<ref name=nytimes>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/07/world/africa/symbols-are-important-so-what-does-a-gun-symbolize.html |work=New York Times |title=Symbols Are Important. So What Does a Gun Symbolize? |date=7 October 2005 |access-date=8 October 2019}}</ref> FRELIMO, the ruling party, argued that the star's resemblance to the communist symbol was coincidental, and that the rifle represented the nation's struggle for independence.<ref name=nytimes /><ref name=bbc-no-ak47>{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4550842.stm | work=BBC News | title=Are you passionate about your flag? | date=December 23, 2005}}</ref> == Appearance == It has a [[horizontal]] [[tricolour]] of [[green]], [[white]]-fimbriated [[black]] and [[yellow]] with the [[red]] [[isosceles triangle]] based on the hoist-side bearing the yellow five-pointed [[star]] that bears an [[AK-47|Kalashnikov]] with the [[bayonet]] attached to the barrel crossed by the hoe superimposed on an open book. ==References== {{Reflist}} [[Category:National flags|Mozambique]] [[Category:Mozambique]] {{stub}}