Six bands of black, yellow, and red, repeated twice, wrap around a white disc holding Uganda's national bird, the grey crowned crane. The crane stands with one leg raised, a pose meant to read as Uganda stepping forward, in a design that dates back to the crest worn by colonial-era Ugandan soldiers. Uganda has carried it since independence in October 1962.
What 🇺🇬 means
A rectangular flag with two sets of a horizontal triband composed of black, yellow, and orange bands, one below the other. At the center of this design is a small white disc printed with a left-facing grey-crowned crane.
The 🇺🇬 Flag: Uganda emoji refers to the Republic of Uganda, an East-Central African country, informally known as just 'Uganda'. This country possesses a country code of 'UG' that appears on platforms that don't support flag emojis.
How and when to use it
Other Names
- 🇺🇬 Flag of Uganda
- 🇺🇬 Flag of the Republic of Uganda
- 🇺🇬 Ugandan Flag
- 🇺🇬 Country Code - UG
The lowdown
- Category
- Flags › country-flag
- Codepoints
U+1F1FA U+1F1EC- Emoji version
- Emoji 2.0
- Shortcodes
:uganda:GitHub:flag-ug:Slack:flag_ug:Discord:ug: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: Uganda or 🧙♂️ Man Mage?