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The following is a list of flags and banners used in Benin.

National Flag[edit]

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1990-Present	Flag of Benin	A horizontal bicolour of yellow and red with a green vertical band at the hoist.
	1990-Present	Flag of Benin (Vertical)

Ethnic Flag[edit]

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	?-Present	Flag of Oduduwa	a blue-white-green diagonal tricolor band with 16 six-pointed circular golden stars and two thinner diagonal red strips within the middle section. A central red laurel envelopes the Oduduwa Oba's crown symbol of 7 concentric rings. Within the rings is an 8 petal flower representing the pre-Oduduwa societal structure of Yorubaland. On the upper portion of the corona is an endless/Solomon knot representing integrity and nobility or the concept of 'Omoluwabi'.^[1]^[2]

Municipality Flags[edit]

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	?-Present	Flag of Cotonou	a vertical bicolor of blue and yellow with a mermaid in the center.^[3]
	?-Present	Flag of Porto-Novo	a white field with the arms of the municipality in the center.^[4]

Political Flag[edit]

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1975-1990	Flag of The PRPB	a red field charged with a five-pointed green star in the top-left canton.^[5]

Military Flags[edit]

Date	Use	Description
1960-Present	Flag of the Benin Armed Forces (Obverse)	A horizontal bicolour of yellow and red with a green vertical band at the hoist with the name of the armed forces upwards and downwards and a golden border.
1960-Present	Flag of the Benin Armed Forces (Reverse)	reversed version of the previous Flag.
1990-Present	Flag of the Republican Police (Obverse)	A horizontal bicolour of yellow and red with a green vertical band at the hoist with the name of the police force upwards and downwards, the emblem in the center and a golden border.
1990-Present	Flag of the Republican Police (Reverse)	reversed version of the previous Flag.

Historical Flags[edit]

Date	Use	Description
1730-1816	Royal flag until the late 18th century (used only in fortresses and warships of the Crown) and national flag from then on	White with the coat of arms of the Kingdom in the middle
1750-1816	Variant of the royal flag until the late 18th century (used only in fortresses and warships of the Crown) and national flag from then on	White with the coat of arms of the Kingdom in the middle (variant with a heraldic console encircling the shield)
1816-1818	Flag of Portugal	White with the coat of arms of the Kingdom in the middle (coat of arms of the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves)
1818-1859	The Royal Flag of King Ghezo of The Kingdom of Dahomey.	a white field with a red border and an elephant in the center.^[6]^[7]
1859-1890	No Flag	King Glele was not known to have used any royal flags or banners.
1890-1894	The royal banner of King Behanzin of The Kingdom of Dahomey.	a light blue field with the coat of arms in the center.^[8]
1894-1959	Flag of France (Used in French Dahomey)	A vertical tricolor of blue, white and red.
1942-1944	Flag of Free France (Used in French Dahomey)	A vertical tricolor of blue, white and red and The Cross of Lorraine in the center.^[9]
1959-1975	Flag of The Republic of Dahomey	introduced on November 16, 1959, after Dahomey was granted semi-autonomous status within the French Community.
1975-1990	Flag of The People's Republic of Benin	a green field charged with a five-pointed red star in the top-left canton.