Use | National flag |
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Proportion | 2:3 |
Adopted | 6 October 1968 |
Design | A horizontal triband of blue (top and bottom) and the yellow-edged red (triple width) with the large black and white Nguni shield covering two spears and the staff decorated with the feather tassels called injobo (tassels-bunches of feathers of the widowbird and the lourie) all centered horizontally of the red band. |
Designed by | King Sobhuza II |
Use | National flag |
Proportion | 2:3 |
Use | National flag |
Proportion | 2:3 |
Adopted | 2011 |
The flag of Eswatini was adopted on 6 October 1968[1] after Eswatini (then known as Swaziland) gained independence from the British Empire one month before. The design by King Sobhuza II features a black and white shield, with a staff and two spears, on a field of blue, yellow, and red horizontal bands.