A crisp green–white–red tricolor with a sky‑blue triangle at the hoist, the Equatorial Guinea flag emoji is the internet’s way to say “Spanish in Africa? Yup.” People drop it during AFCON hype, rare‑flag flexes in geography threads, or when shouting out Malabo and Bioko Island travel pics. It’s also a go‑to for diaspora pride posts and those “guess the flag” quizzes where the tiny crest separates the pros from the casuals.
On Apple devices, the flag waves left on a silver pole with glossy ripples. You’ll spot the blue triangle, the clean horizontal stripes, and—if you squint—the coat of arms centered in the white stripe: a gray shield with a ceiba (silk‑cotton) tree, six gold stars arcing above, and the motto ribbon “Unidad, Paz, Justicia.” At small sizes the emblem can blur, but on iOS it’s surprisingly legible, making this a mini art piece rather than a colored rectangle.
Culturally, the emoji nods to a Spanish‑speaking Central African nation straddling mainland Río Muni and islands like Bioko and Annobón, which explains those six stars. Online it’s used earnestly for national pride and football wins (Nzalang Nacional stans, assemble), or playfully in “Spanish‑speaking countries check” lists to catch folks off guard. Pair it with palm trees, a soccer ball, or a ship emoji for Gulf‑of‑Guinea vibes, and watch the comments go from “Where is that?” to “Now I want to visit Malabo.”
The country of Equatorial Guinea is represented by this emoji.
| Twitter Emoji Popularity (Rank) | 1310 of 2393 |
| Apple/iOS Picture |  |
| Google Android Picture | Image not available |
| Google Hangouts Picture | Image not available |
| Twitter.com Picture | Image not available |
| LG Emoji Picture | Image not available |
| Samsung Emoji Picture | Image not available |
| Phantom Open Emoji Picture | Not created yet |
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| Previous Names: | Regional Indicator Symbol Letters GQ Equatorial Guinea |
| Emoji Code Version | iOS 8 - Current |
|---|---|
| UTF-8 Unicode Character(s) | 🇬🇶 |
| UTF-8 Character Count | 2 |
| Character(s) In Input | |
| AppleColorEmoji Font (available in OSX/iOS) | 🇬🇶 |
| Decimal HTML Entity | 🇬 🇶 |
| Hexadecimal HTML Entity | 🇬 🇶 |
| Hex Code Point(s) | 1f1ec, 1f1f6 |
| Formal Unicode Notation | U+1F1EC, U+1F1F6 |
| Decimal Code Point(s) | 127468, 127478 | UTF-8 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xF0 0x9F 0x87 0xAC, 0xF0 0x9F 0x87 0xB6 |
| UTF-8 Hex Bytes | F0 9F 87 AC, F0 9F 87 B6 |
| UTF-8 Octal Bytes | 360 237 207 254, 360 237 207 266 |
| UTF-16 Hex (C Syntax) | 0xD83C 0xDDEC, 0xD83C 0xDDF6 |
| UTF-16 Hex | d83cddec, d83cddf6 |
| UTF-16 Dec | 55356 56812, 55356 56822 |
| UTF-32 Hex (C Syntax) | 0x0001F1EC 0x0001F1F6 |
| UTF-32 Hex | 01F1EC, 01F1F6 |
| UTF-32 Dec | 127468, 127478 |
| Python Src | u"\U0001F1EC\U0001F1F6" |
| PHP Src | "\xf0\x9f\x87\xac\xf0\x9f\x87\xb6" |
| C/C++/Java Src | "\uD83C\uDDEC\uD83C\uDDF6" |
