Flag_of_French_Polynesia

Flag of French Polynesia

Flag of French Polynesia

Flag of the French overseas country of French Polynesia


The flag of French Polynesia (French: drapeau de la Polynésie française) is the civil and state flag of the French overseas country French Polynesia. It was adopted in 1984.[1] According to the articles of adoption, the flag of French Polynesia must be displayed with the French tricolor, and may be displayed with the flags of the component archipelagos. The French Polynesian flag must be displayed to the left of the French flag, and the flag of the archipelago must be displayed to its right.[2]

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Assembly of French Polynesia with flags of French Polynesia and France.

Description

Two red horizontal bands encase a wide white band in a 1:2:1 ratio; centered on the white band is the emblem of French Polynesia as a 0.43m diameter disk with a blue and white wave pattern depicting the sea on the lower half and a gold and white ray pattern depicting the sun on the upper half; a Polynesian canoe rides on the wave pattern; the canoe has a crew of five represented by five stars that symbolize the five island groups; red and white are traditional Polynesian colors.

Flags of component archipelagos

Flags of the Society Islands

Leeward Islands

Windward Islands

Flags of the Tuamotu Archipelago

Flags of the Austral Islands

See also


References

  1. "Délibération n° 84-1030 AT du 23 novembre 1984 portant approbation du drapeau et des armes de la Polynésie française". lexpol.pf.

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