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Marshall Island Flag

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  On a dark or navy blue background one orange and white diagonal stripes are seen rising from the bottom corner of the hoisting side to the opposite corner of the flying side making…


Marshall Island Flag

 

On a dark or navy blue background one orange and white diagonal stripes are seen

rising from the bottom corner of the hoisting side to the opposite corner of the flying side making two triangles. On the upper triangle in the hoisting corner there is a twenty four pointed white star with four extended hands. The ratio of the flag ‘s width to its length is10:19.

All the features of the flag symbolically describes Marshall Island ‘s location and have their distinct meanings as well.

Official Name: Republic of the Marshall Island
Capital: Majuro Atoll
Location: Lie in the pacific Ocean north of Kiribati and east of Micronesia
Area: 181 Sq. km.
Official Languages: Marshallese and English
National Flag: Blue with a diagonal stripe divided orange over white and a white sun of 25 rays in the canton .
Flag Ratio: 1:2
National Anthem: Kej Rammon Aelin Kein am Forever Marshall Islands (1991)
National symbol(s): 24-rayed star
National colors: blue, white, orange
National anthem:
Name: “Forever Marshall Islands”
Lyrics/Music: Amata KABUA

Fact about Marshall Islands flag

Country Marshall Islands
Designed by Emlain Kabua
Adopted 1. May 1979
Revision NA
Design and Colors A blue field with two stripes radiating from the lower hoist-side corner – orange (top) and white; charged with a white star with four large rays and twenty small rays above the two lines on the hoist side
Size Ratio 10:19

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