<Tr> <Th> Use </Th> <Td> Civil and state flag, civil and state ensign </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Proportion </Th> <Td> 2: 3 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Adopted </Th> <Td> 27 April 1994; 24 years ago (1994 - 04 - 27) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Design </Th> <Td> a horizontal bicolour of red and blue with a black isosceles triangle based on the hoist - side and a green pall, a central green band that splits into a horizontal Y, centred over the partition lines and was edged in both white against the red and the blue bands and gold against the triangle, in which the arms of the Y ends at the corners of the hoist and embraces the triangle on the hoist - side . </Td> </Tr>

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