Flag of British Indian Ocean Territory
The flag of British Indian Ocean Territory, adopted in 1990 and flown in a 1:2 ratio. Below: what its colours are, which flags it is confused with, and a short drill to make it stick.
At a glance
| Country | British Indian Ocean Territory |
|---|---|
| Capital | Diego Garcia |
| Proportions | 1:2 |
| Adopted | 1990 |
| Emoji | 🇮🇴 |
| Code | IO · IOT |
Colours of the flag of British Indian Ocean Territory
The flag of British Indian Ocean Territory uses 4 colours: blue, white, red, green. The swatches below are sampled from the flag artwork itself, so they are the exact values used in the file rather than an approximation.
About the flag of British Indian Ocean Territory
The flag of British Indian Ocean Territory — officially British Indian Ocean Territory — is flown in a 1:2 ratio. British Indian Ocean Territory sits in Africa, and its flag is part of the standard set used in every quiz on this site.
The current design dates from 1990. British Indian Ocean Territory has its capital at Diego Garcia and a population of about 3,000, figures that come from the same dataset the quizzes are built on.
As an emoji the flag is 🇮🇴, produced from the regional indicator letters for IO. The dedicated emoji page has the codepoints, HTML entity, CSS value and shortcode if you need to paste it somewhere.
Test yourself on British Indian Ocean Territory
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