Flag of French Polynesia
 Flag of French Polynesia | |
| Use | Civil and state flag |
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| Proportion | 2:3 |
| Adopted | 23 November 1984 |
| Le Tricolore | |
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| Use | National flag, civil and state ensign |
| Proportion | 2:3 |
| Adopted | 15 February 1794 |
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]
Description
Two red horizontal bands encase a wide white band in a 1:2:1 ratio; centered on the white band is the coat of arms 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
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Flags of the Society Islands
Leeward Islands
Windward Islands
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Flag of Tahiti -
Flag of Moorea-Maiao
Flags of the Tuamotu Archipelago
Flags of the Austral Islands
See also
References
External links
Media related to Flags of French Polynesia at Wikimedia Commons
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