The Flag of Transvaal was the flag of the former Transvaal

Transvaal Province

Transvaal Province was a province of the Union of South Africa from 1910 to 1961, and of its successor, the Republic of South Africa, from 1961 until the end of apartheid in 1994 when a new constitution subdivided it.-History:...

 province of South Africa

South Africa

The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...

. It was previously the flag of the historic Transvaal Republic, officially called the Zuid Afrikaanse Republiek or in English translation, the South African Republic

South African Republic

The South African Republic , often informally known as the Transvaal Republic, was an independent Boer-ruled country in Southern Africa during the second half of the 19th century. Not to be confused with the present-day Republic of South Africa, it occupied the area later known as the South African...

, from 1857 to 1874, 1875-1877, and 1881-1902.

The flag features three horizontal stripes of red, white, and blue (recalling the Dutch national flag

Flag of the Netherlands

The flag of the Netherlands is a horizontal tricolour of red, white, and blue. Since 1937, the flag has officially been the national flag of the Netherlands and of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.-Description:...

), with a vertical green stripe at the hoist, and is known as the Vierkleur (lit. four colours). The former national flag of South Africa (from 1928—1994) had, as part of a feature contained within its central white bar, a horizontal flag of the Transvaal Republic.

See also

• List of South African flags
• Flag of Orange Free State
• Flag of the Natalia Republic
  Flag of the Natalia Republic
  The flag of the Natalia Republic was used during the short lived existence of this state, 1839 - 1843.It consisted of a white isosceles triangle with red in the upper quadrant and blue in the lower quadrant; based on the red, white and blue tricolour flag used at Swellendam and Graaff-Reinet in...