Flag of Jamaica

Flag of Jamaica

Description

  • A gold saltire on a field divided into four triangles: green at the top and bottom, black at the hoist and fly
  • Adopted on 6 August 1962, the day Jamaica became independent from the United Kingdom
  • The only national flag in the world not to include any of the colours red, white, or blue

Trivia

  • The flag's original motto was Hardships there are, but the land is green and the sun shineth; this is now rephrased as The sun shineth, the land is green, and the people are strong and creative
  • Jamaica's flag is one of only two national flags (with Mauritania's) not to feature any red, white, or blue
  • The saltire design was chosen partly because an earlier horizontal proposal was similar to Tanganyika's adopted flag

Flag of Jamaica

The flag of Jamaica is a gold saltire on a field divided into four triangles: green at the top and bottom, and black at the hoist and fly. Adopted on 6 August 1962, the day Jamaica became independent from the United Kingdom, the design was developed by a bipartisan parliamentary committee after an earlier horizontal proposal was found to closely resemble Tanganyika's newly adopted flag.

The original explanation ran Hardships there are, but the land is green and the sun shineth. Reworked in official usage, black now represents the strength and creativity of the Jamaican people, gold the natural wealth and sunshine of the land, and green the lush hills, plains, and hope for the future. Jamaica is the only nation whose flag contains no red, white, or blue.

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