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The national flag of Mozambique received its official recognition on May 1, 1983. The Mozambique flag is horizontally divided in four colors green, black, yellow and white. The black stripe is surrounded by two white bands on both the sides. The color green represents agriculture, red stands for the great effort for independence and white symbolizes peace. The color black on the flag of Mozambique represents the African continent. On the raise is located a red triangle and within it is a yellow five-pointed star. On top of the yellow pentagram is an open white book with a hoe and an AK-47 in black. The Mozambique Flag is the first national flag of its kind to have an image of an AK-47 on it.
