Flag of Mauritius
The flag of Mauritius, adopted in 1968 and flown in a 2:3 ratio. Below: what its colours are, which flags it is confused with, and a short drill to make it stick.
At a glance
| Country | Mauritius |
|---|---|
| Capital | Port Louis |
| Proportions | 2:3 |
| Adopted | 1968 |
| Emoji | 🇲🇺 |
| Code | MU · MUS |
Colours of the flag of Mauritius
The flag of Mauritius uses 4 colours: blue, yellow, green, red. 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 Mauritius
The flag of Mauritius — officially Republic of Mauritius — is flown in a 2:3 ratio. Mauritius sits in Africa, and its flag is part of the standard set used in every quiz on this site.
The current design dates from 1968. Mauritius has its capital at Port Louis and a population of about 1.2 million, 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 MU. The dedicated emoji page has the codepoints, HTML entity, CSS value and shortcode if you need to paste it somewhere.
Test yourself on Mauritius
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