🇬🇶 flag: Equatorial Guinea Emoji — Meaning, Copy & Paste

What Does the flag: Equatorial Guinea Emoji 🇬🇶 Mean?

Layered green, white, and red carry a blue triangle at the hoist and the national coat of arms in the center. The coat of arms features a silver shield with a silk-cotton tree (a tree under which the first treaty with Spain was signed) and six gold six-pointed stars representing the mainland and five islands. Green represents the country's resources, white peace, red the blood of independence fighters, and blue the Atlantic Ocean.

Adopted at independence from Spain in 1968. The emoji shows up during Independence Day (October 12), African Cup of Nations posts (Equatorial Guinea co-hosted in 2015), and oil-industry threads (it's a major oil producer). Travelers tag it with Bioko Island and Malabo skyline shots.

Coded in Unicode 6.0 from GQ, it pairs with oil-derrick, tree, and beach emojis. The country is the only African nation where Spanish is an official language. The country's official languages are Spanish, French, and Portuguese, reflecting a layered colonial past.

Annobón Island and Bioko have their own distinct cultural histories within the unified state, and oil-industry posts about the country often use this flag.