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Use | National flag, civil and state ensign |
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Proportion | 2:3 |
Adopted | 6 July 1964 (re-adopted on 28 May 2012) |
Design | A horizontal triband of black, red, and green; charged with a red rising sun with 31 rays centred on the black stripe |
The flag of Malawi (Chichewa: mbendera ya Malaŵi) was officially adopted on 6 July 1964 when the colony of Nyasaland became independent from British rule and renamed itself Malawi.