French Polynesia Flag Meaning & Details

French Polynesia Flag

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two red horizontal bands encase a wide white band in a 1:2:1 ratio centered on the white band is a 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 note: identical to the red-white-red flag of Tahiti, the largest and most populous of the islands in French Polynesia, but which has no emblem in the white band the flag of France is used for official occasions

Source: CIA - The World Factbook

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