Flags · Emoji 2.0

Flag: Diego Garcia emojiFlag: Diego Garcia Emoji

🇩🇬 is the flag for Diego Garcia, a British-administered island in the Indian Ocean known for its restricted military base.

🇩🇬 represents Diego Garcia, part of the British Indian Ocean Territory, home to a major joint UK–US military base and closed to the public.

Download PNG / SVG
Unicode
U+1F1E9 U+1F1EC
Released
2015
Shortcode
:flag-dg:
Skin tones
No
U+1F1E9 U+1F1ECTwitter / X
Flag: Diego Garcia emoji, Twitter / X design

01 — Meaning

What does the 🇩🇬 Flag: Diego Garcia emoji mean?

In plain english
🇩🇬 is the flag for Diego Garcia, a British-administered island in the Indian Ocean known for its restricted military base. 🇩🇬 sits in flag emojis, where it is listed next to everything used the same way.
Where it comes from
🇩🇬 represents Diego Garcia, part of the British Indian Ocean Territory, home to a major joint UK–US military base and closed to the public. There’s no civilian tourism, so the flag mostly comes up in news about military stories, plus the usual “name this obscure flag” games.
Also known as

People search for it under a lot of different names. All of these point at the same character.

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02 — Platforms

Flag: Diego Garcia emoji on iPhone, Android, WhatsApp and X

The character is always U+1F1E9 — but every vendor draws it their own way. This is what your flag: diego garcia looks like to the person on the other side.

Flag: Diego Garcia emoji on Apple
AppleiPhone, iPad, macOS
Flag: Diego Garcia emoji on Google
GoogleAndroid, Gmail, Chrome
Flag: Diego Garcia emoji on Twitter / X
Twitter / XX, Discord, Twemoji apps
Flag: Diego Garcia emoji on Facebook
FacebookFacebook, Messenger
Flag: Diego Garcia emoji on OpenMoji
OpenMojiOpen-source, design systems

See the whole set the way each system draws it — iPhone emojis, Android emojis, WhatsApp emojis and Discord emojis.

03 — Copy & codes

Flag: Diego Garcia emoji copy and paste

Everything here is the same character in different notation — including the shortcode chat apps know it by, :flag-dg:.

All emoji copy and paste →

In your code

Different notation, one result: whichever escape you paste, what comes out is U+1F1E9.

04 — How to type

How to type the 🇩🇬 Flag: Diego Garcia emoji

No picker to hand? The flag: diego garcia can be typed straight from the keyboard — the codes for that are below, one per system.

iPhone & iPad
Tap the smiley or globe key at the bottom-left of the keyboard, then search “flag: diego garcia”. No emoji key? Settings → General → Keyboard → Keyboards → Add New Keyboard → Emoji.
Android
On Gboard tap the smiley key, or long-press the Enter or comma key. On Samsung Keyboard the emoji button sits behind the gear icon.
Windows & Mac
Windows: press Win + . for the emoji panel. Mac: Control + Command + Space. Then type “flag: diego garcia”.
Slack & Discord
Type the shortcode :flag-dg: and it converts to 🇩🇬 as you send. The full set is on the Discord emoji page.
Websites & code
In HTML use 🇩🇬, in CSS \1F1E9\1F1EC, in JavaScript \u{1F1E9}\u{1F1EC}.
No picker to hand? The online emoji keyboard works in any browser, and every character on the site is listed on emoji copy and paste.

05 — Download

Flag: Diego Garcia emoji PNG and SVG

Transparent PNG and SVG for thumbnails, decks and design files — one file per vendor, which makes 5. Artwork belongs to whoever drew it, so check the licence before commercial use.

Emoji PNG library →
Download Flag: Diego Garcia emoji, Apple style Apple PNG · 160px Download Flag: Diego Garcia emoji, Google style Google PNG · 160px Download Flag: Diego Garcia emoji, Twitter / X style Twitter / X SVG vector Download Flag: Diego Garcia emoji, Facebook style Facebook PNG · 64px Download Flag: Diego Garcia emoji, OpenMoji style OpenMoji SVG vector

06 — Combinations

Flag: Diego Garcia emoji combinations

Ready-made combos built around flag: diego garcia for bios, captions and comments. Tap to copy.

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Want two emojis fused into one sticker instead of set side by side? Emoji Kitchen does that for every pair Google has drawn, and there are more ready-made pairs in emoji combinations and aesthetic emoji combos.

07 — In conversation

What 🇩🇬 means from a girl or a guy

Same emoji, different intent depending on who sent it and what came before.

From a girl
A girl sending 🇩🇬 is likely referencing a news story, documentary, or trivia game rather than any personal connection, since the island isn’t open to visitors. It usually pops up alongside a “did you know” type fact she just picked up.
From a guy
A guy sending 🇩🇬 often ties it to military, geopolitics, or history talk, given the island’s well-known base. It can also be a flag-trivia flex, dropped to stump a friend who’s never heard of the place before.
How to reply
If someone sends you 🇩🇬, you could reply with: “wait that’s a real place?,” “military base island right?,” or “never heard of it.”
Used in a sentence

08 — Apps

What 🇩🇬 means on TikTok, WhatsApp and Discord

Chat apps do not change U+1F1E9, they change what it looks like and what people take it to mean.

TikTok & Instagram
🇩🇬 is the flag for Diego Garcia, a British-administered island in the Indian Ocean known for its restricted military base. In comments and captions it is read the same way — the tone comes from what it sits next to.
WhatsApp
WhatsApp draws 🇩🇬 with Apple-style artwork on every phone, so it looks identical for both sides. A message with only 🇩🇬 in it is shown enlarged.
Discord & Slack
Both accept the shortcode :flag-dg:. Discord renders Twemoji, so 🇩🇬 looks different there than on your phone.
Outlook & email
Outlook has no emoji picker on desktop — press Win + . or Control + Command + Space inside the message body, or paste 🇩🇬 from the copy button above.

10 — Difference

🇩🇬 vs 🇦🇫 — what is the difference?

Two emojis that get mixed up constantly. They are different characters with different names.

🇩🇬 Flag: Diego Garcia

Unicode name: Flag: Diego Garcia

Code: U+1F1E9 U+1F1EC · added 2015

Shortcode: :flag-dg:

🇩🇬 is the flag for Diego Garcia, a British-administered island in the Indian Ocean known for its restricted military base.

🇦🇫 Flag: Afghanistan

Unicode name: Flag: Afghanistan

Code: U+1F1E6 U+1F1EB · added 2015

Shortcode: :flag-af:

Generally, it just means “Afghanistan.”

Open 🇦🇫 Flag: Afghanistan →

11 — History

Where the 🇩🇬 Flag: Diego Garcia emoji came from

It arrived with the 2.0 release of the standard, which dates the flag: diego garcia to 2015.

Twitter / XTwemoji
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Same character every time — U+1F1E9 U+1F1EC never changed. Only the drawing did, and only because each vendor redraws its own set. Someone on an older phone still sees the older picture.

2015
Added to the standard

Flag: Diego Garcia was approved as U+1F1E9 U+1F1EC and shipped in Emoji 2.0 (2015). Phones usually get new artwork about a year after approval, in a system update.

Today
Drawn 5 different ways

Every vendor keeps its own artwork, so 🇩🇬 is redrawn by Apple, Google, Twitter / X, Facebook, OpenMoji. The character you send never changes — only the picture does.

12 — FAQ

Flag: Diego Garcia emoji — questions people actually ask

What does the 🇩🇬 Flag: Diego Garcia emoji mean?
🇩🇬 is the flag for Diego Garcia, a British-administered island in the Indian Ocean known for its restricted military base.
What does 🇩🇬 mean from a girl?
A girl sending 🇩🇬 is likely referencing a news story, documentary, or trivia game rather than any personal connection, since the island isn’t open to visitors. It usually pops up alongside a “did you know” type fact she just picked up.
What does 🇩🇬 mean from a guy?
A guy sending 🇩🇬 often ties it to military, geopolitics, or history talk, given the island’s well-known base. It can also be a flag-trivia flex, dropped to stump a friend who’s never heard of the place before.
How do you reply to the 🇩🇬 emoji?
If someone sends you 🇩🇬, you could reply with: “wait that’s a real place?,” “military base island right?,” or “never heard of it.”
What else is the 🇩🇬 emoji called?
Flag: Diego Garcia is the official Unicode name, but people search for it as “flag emoji” and more. They all refer to the same character, U+1F1E9 U+1F1EC.
What is the Unicode code for 🇩🇬?
The Flag: Diego Garcia emoji is U+1F1E9 U+1F1EC, added in Emoji 2.0 (2015). In HTML you can write it as 🇩🇬, and in CSS as \1F1E9\1F1EC.
How do I copy and paste the 🇩🇬 emoji?
Tap the copy button at the top of this page — 🇩🇬 goes straight to your clipboard and pastes into Instagram, TikTok, WhatsApp, Discord or any text field. You can also copy its shortcode :flag-dg: for Slack and Discord.
Does 🇩🇬 look the same on every phone?
No. Flag: Diego Garcia is drawn separately by each vendor — Apple, Google, Twitter / X, Facebook and OpenMoji all ship their own artwork for U+1F1E9. The character you send is identical; only the picture changes.