Meaning
This flag features three vertical stripes of orange, white, and green, reading left to right. It's the national flag of Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast), a West African nation on the Gulf of Guinea. The colors carry historical significance—orange represents the land, white symbolizes peace and unity, and green represents hope and the forests.
You'll see this flag used to represent Côte d'Ivoire in conversations about African geography, culture, and sports. It's especially prominent during international soccer matches, as the country has a strong football tradition and has appeared in multiple FIFA World Cups. People from Côte d'Ivoire use it to express national pride, and it appears in discussions about cocoa production, music, and cuisine.
On social media, the flag often accompanies posts celebrating Ivorian achievements, travel updates from the region, or discussions about African politics and development. It's also used in diaspora communities to maintain connection with homeland identity.
Approved as part of Unicode Emoji 2.0 in 2015, this flag joined the broader collection of country flags that let people express geographic identity and pride across digital platforms worldwide.
Common Uses
- • Showing pride in Ivorian heritage
- • Discussing West African geography or culture
- • Supporting Côte d'Ivoire in sports competitions
- • Marking travel or connection to the country
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Did You Know?
Côte d'Ivoire is the world's leading producer of cocoa, supplying roughly one-third of global cocoa exports—making it central to chocolate production worldwide.
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Platform Shortcodes
:cote_divoire: :flag-ci: :cote_divoire: Developer Codes
| HTML (decimal) | 🇨🇮 |
| HTML (hex) | 🇨🇮 |
| CSS | \1F1E8\1F1EE |
| JavaScript | \uD83C\uDDE8\uD83C\uDDEE |
| Python | \U0001F1E8\U0001F1EE |
| Java | \uD83C\uDDE8\uD83C\uDDEE |
| Perl | \x{1F1E8}\x{1F1EE} |
| PHP / Ruby | \x{1F1E8}\x{1F1EE} |
| Punycode | xn--2qco-2qcu |
| URL Encoded | %F0%9F%87%A8%F0%9F%87%AE |
| UTF-8 Bytes | 0xF0 0x9F 0x87 0xA8 0xF0 0x9F 0x87 0xAE |
🇨🇮 in 28 languages
Names sourced from Unicode CLDR and emojibase.
| Language | Name |
|---|---|
| Bengali | পতাকা: কোট ডি‘আইভোর |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 旗: 科特迪瓦 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 旗子:象牙海岸 |
| Danish | Elfenbenskysten |
| Dutch | vlag: Ivoorkust |
| English | flag: Côte d’Ivoire |
| English (UK) | flag: Côte d’Ivoire |
| Estonian | lipp: Elevandiluurannik |
| Finnish | lippu: Norsunluurannikko |
| French | drapeau : Côte d’Ivoire |
| German | Flagge: Côte d’Ivoire |
| Hindi | झंडा: कोत दिवुआर |
| Hungarian | zászló: Elefántcsontpart |
| Italian | bandiera: Costa d’Avorio |
| Japanese | 旗: コートジボワール |
| Korean | 깃발: 코트디부아르 |
| Lithuanian | vėliava: Dramblio Kaulo Krantas |
| Malay | bendera: Cote d’Ivoire |
| Norwegian | flagg: Elfenbenskysten |
| Polish | flaga: Côte d’Ivoire |
| Portuguese | bandeira: Costa do Marfim |
| Russian | флаг: Кот-д’Ивуар |
| Spanish | Bandera: Côte d’Ivoire |
| Spanish (Mexico) | Bandera: Côte d’Ivoire |
| Swedish | flagga: Elfenbenskusten |
| Thai | ธง: โกตดิวัวร์ |
| Ukrainian | прапор: Кот-дʼІвуар |
| Vietnamese | cờ: Côte d’Ivoire |