Flag of the Solomon Islands
Description
- Diagonally divided by a narrow yellow stripe from lower hoist to upper fly, with blue in the upper hoist and green in the lower fly, and five white five-pointed stars arranged in an X pattern in the blue triangle
- Adopted on 18 November 1977, nine months before independence from the United Kingdom
Trivia
- The five stars originally represented the five administrative districts of the archipelago
- When new provinces were later created, the stars were kept unchanged and reinterpreted more generally as the island groups
- The flag remained the same design used before independence, a rare continuity among newly independent states
Flag of Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands adopted its flag on 18 November 1977, nine months before full independence from the United Kingdom on 7 July 1978. The design was kept unchanged after independence, a rare continuity among newly sovereign Pacific states.
A narrow yellow diagonal stripe runs from the lower hoist to the upper fly, dividing the flag into a blue upper-hoist triangle and a green lower-fly triangle. The blue represents the water surrounding the archipelago, the green stands for the lush forests and fertile land, and the yellow symbolises the sun. Five white five-pointed stars arranged in an X pattern in the blue triangle originally stood for the country's five administrative districts; when later reorganisations created more provinces, the stars were reinterpreted more generally as representing the major island groups.
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