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Flag of the Republic of Benin (1967)

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Flag of the "Republic of Benin". Flag ratio: 2:3

National flag of the Republic of Biafra. Flag ratio: 4:7

The flag of the short-lived Republic of BenininNigeria consists of the colours black, and green, with black taking up two-thirds of the flag. It was inspired by the flag of the now-defunct Republic of Biafra. The main difference was that Biafran flag was a tricolour of red, black, and green. As with the Biafran flag, it was charged in the centre with a golden rising sun but it did not have a golden bar below it.^[1]^[2]^{[non-tertiary source needed]}

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^ Minahan, James (2002). Encyclopedia of the stateless nations: ethnic and national groups around the world. Westport [Conn.]: Greenwood Press. p. 762. ISBN 978-0-313-31617-3.

^ "Republic of Biafra (Nigeria)". www.fotw.info. Retrieved 2024-01-02.

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