A white band at the hoist backs red and green horizontal stripes on Madagascar's flag, a layout unlike most other African flags. White and red trace back to the old Merina kingdom, red being the shade its kings once wore, while green was added later for the island's coastal communities. The design dates to 1958, two years ahead of full independence.
What 🇲🇬 means
A rectangular flag with a thick white stripe on the left and a horizontally divided portion with red on the upper half and green covering the lower half.
The 🇲🇬 Flag: Madagascar emoji represents the island country of Madagascar, situated in the Indian Ocean. Formerly known as the Malagascar Republic, this nation is officially addressed as the Republic of Madagascar today.
This emoji is shown as 'MG' on some platforms.
How and when to use it
Other Names
- 🇲🇬 Flag of Madagascar
- 🇲🇬 Flag of the Republic of Madagascar
- 🇲🇬 Malagasy Flag
- 🇲🇬 Country Code - MG
The lowdown
- Category
- Flags › country-flag
- Codepoints
U+1F1F2 U+1F1EC- Emoji version
- Emoji 2.0
- Shortcodes
:madagascar:GitHub:flag-mg:Slack:flag_mg:Discord:mg:Discord- Keywords
- flag
How it looks across platforms
Seeing a blank box instead of the emoji somewhere? Here's why that happens. Curious why the designs above don't match to begin with? Here's why that happens too.
⚡ Quick round
Which joined the keyboard first — 🇲🇬 Flag: Madagascar or 🅱️ B Button (blood Type)?