Coat of arms of Chad

Coat of arms of Chad
Details
Armiger	Republic of Chad
Adopted	1970
Crest	A rising sun Gules
Escutcheon	Barry indented of eight, Or and Azure
Supporters	Dexter a goat rampant toward sinister guardant Or bearing on its chest an upward-pointing directional arrow Gules; sinister a lion rampant Or armed Or langued gules bearing on its chest an upward-pointing directional arrow Gules
Motto	Unité, Travail, Progrès ("Unity, Work, Progress")
Orders	National Order of Chad

The coat of arms of Chad was adopted in 1970. The center has a shield with wavy blue and yellow lines, with a sun rising over it. The shield is supported by a goat and a lion. Below the shield is a medal and a scroll with the national motto in French, Unité, Travail, Progrès ("Unity, Work, Progress" in English).

Overview

The wavy lines on the shield are representative of Lake Chad, and the sun rising over it represents a new beginning. The goat on the left represents the northern part of the nation, while the southern part is represented by the lion. Dangling from the bottom of the shield is the medal for the National Order of Chad.

There also exists a separate state seal or emblem of Chad, which has a black-and-white design consisting of a circle with the words "République du Tchad – Unité, Travail, Progrès" surrounding a depiction of the head and upper body of a tribal girl with her hair in cornrows.^[1]

See also

• Flag of Chad

References

1. ^ Guide to the Flags of the World by Mauro Talocci, revised and updated by Whitney Smith (ISBN 0-688-01141-1), p. 127.

External links

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