The following is a list of flags and banners used in Benin.
National Flag
Flag
Date
Use
Description
1990-Present
Flag of Benin
A horizontal bicolour of yellow and red with a green vertical band at the hoist.
1990-Present
Flag of Benin (Vertical)
Ethnic Flag
Flag
Date
Use
Description
?-Present
Flag of Oduduwa
a blue-white-green diagonal tricolor band with 16 six-pointed circular golden stars and two thinner diagonal red strips within the middle section. A central red laurel envelopes the OduduwaOba's crown symbol of 7 concentric rings. Within the rings is an 8 petal flower representing the pre-Oduduwa societal structure of Yorubaland. On the upper portion of the corona is an endless/Solomon knot representing integrity and nobility or the concept of 'Omoluwabi'.[1][2]
A horizontal bicolour of yellow and red with a green vertical band at the hoist with the name of the armed forces upwards and downwards and a golden border.
1960-Present
Flag of the Benin Armed Forces (Reverse)
reversed version of the previous Flag.
1990-Present
Flag of the Republican Police (Obverse)
A horizontal bicolour of yellow and red with a green vertical band at the hoist with the name of the police force upwards and downwards, the emblem in the center and a golden border.
1990-Present
Flag of the Republican Police (Reverse)
reversed version of the previous Flag.
Historical Flags
Flag
Date
Use
Description
1730-1816
Royal flag until the late 18th century (used only in fortresses and warships of the Crown) and national flag from then on
White with the coat of arms of the Kingdom in the middle
1750-1816
Variant of the royal flag until the late 18th century (used only in fortresses and warships of the Crown) and national flag from then on
White with the coat of arms of the Kingdom in the middle (variant with a heraldic console encircling the shield)
