Wednesday, September 26, 2007

Flag of Honduras

This flag of Honduras was adopted on January 9, 1866.

Flag ratio 1:2
The flag consists of three horizontal bands of equal width with an overall length:width ratio of 2:1. The two outer blue bands represent the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea. The inner white band represents the land between the ocean and the sea and the peace and prosperity of its people. The five blue five-pointed stars arranged in 'X' centered in the white band represent the five nations of the former Federal Republic of Central America

Flag of Haiti

The flag of Haiti was adopted on February 25, 1986.

Flag ratio 3:5
The top half is blue and the bottom is red. In the center is the coat of arms of Haiti which consists of a palm tree accompanied by several flags. There are two cannons mounted on either side of the palm tree. The banner underneath displays the national motto.

Flag of Guyana

The flag of Guyana was adopted in 1966.

Flag ratio 3:5
The colours are symbolic: green for agriculture and forests, white for rivers and water, gold for mineral wealth, black for endurance, and red for zeal and dynamism.

Flag of Guinea-Bissau

The flag of Guinea-Bissau was adopted in 1973.

Flag ratio 1:2
The flag features the traditional colors of gold, green, red, and also the Black Star of Africa. The red is for the blood of martyrs, green for forests, and gold for mineral wealth.

Flag of Guinea

The flag of Guinea was adopted on November 10, 1958.

Flag ratio 2:3
In keeping with other flags in the region it has colours of red, yellow, and green in a tricolor from left to right

Flag of Guatemala

The flag of Guatemala was adopted in 1871.

Flag ratio 5:8
It is designed in two colours: sky blue and white. The white stripe between the two sky blue stripes represents the fact that Guatemala is a land located between two oceans, the Pacific Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean. The white colour also signifies peace and purity.
In the center of the flag is the Guatemalan coat of arms. It includes the Resplendent Quetzal, the national bird of Guatemala that symbolizes liberty; a parchment scroll bearing the date of Central America's independence from Spain, 15 September 1821; crossed rifles, indicating Guatemala's willingness to defend itself by force if need be; a bay laurel crown, the symbol for victory; and crossed swords, representing honor.

Flag of Guam

The flag of Guam was adopted on February 9, 1948.

Flag ratio 22:41
It is dark blue with a narrow red border on all sides. In the center of the flag is the coat of arms; an almond shaped emblem, which depicts a proa sailing and has GUAM colored in red letters.

Monday, September 24, 2007

Flag of Grenada

The flag of Grenada was adopted in 1974.

Flag ratio 3:5
The seven stars stand for the country's seven parishes, with the middle star, encircled by a red disk, standing for the two sister islands.
The colour combination of red, gold, and green, in the flag is representative of the country's African identity.

Flag of Greenland

The flag of Greenland was adopted on June 21, 1985.

Flag ratio 2:3
It features two equal horizontal bands of white (top) and red with a large disk slightly to the hoist side of center. The top half of the disk is red, the bottom half is white.
The white stripe is representing the glaciers and ice cap, which cover more than 80% of the island; the red stripe, the ocean; the red semicircle, the sun, with its bottom part sunk in the ocean; and the white semicircle, the icebergs and pack ice.

Flag of Greece

The flag of Greece was adopted in 1978

Flag ratio 2:3
It is based on nine equal horizontal stripes of blue alternating with white. There is a blue canton in the upper hoist-side corner bearing a white cross; the cross symbolises Christianity
The nine stripes represent the nine syllables of the phrase "Freedom or Death" in greek and also for the nine Muses, the goddesses of art and civilization.

Sunday, September 23, 2007

Flag of Gibraltar

The Flag of Gibraltar was adopted on November 8, 1982

Flag ratio 1:2
White with a red stripe at the bottom with a three-towered, two-tiered red castle in the white section. Each tower has a door and a window and from the door of the middle tower hangs a gold key which mainly overlaps the red stripe.

Flag of Ghana

The flag of Ghana was adopted in 1957

Flag ratio 2:3
It consists of red, gold, and green colours in horizontal stripes with a black five-pointed star in the centre of the gold stripe.
The red represents the blood of those who died in the country's struggle for independence, the gold represents the mineral wealth of the country, the green symbolises the country's rich forests and natural wealth, and the black star stands for the lodestar of African freedom.

Flag of Germany

The flag of Germany was readopted on 23 May 1949.

Flag ratio 3:5
Its a striped tri-colour flag. The colours are associated with the republican-democracy formed after World War II and represent German unity and freedom: not only the freedom of Germany, but also the personal freedom of the German people

Flag of Georgia

The Flag of Georgia was re-adopted on January 14, 2004.

Flag ratio 2:3
It is a white and red flag. It has a single right-angled cross on a silver (white) background in the center, four smaller crosses in the corners which is a Christian symbol of Our Savior and the four evangelists
The silver (white) background is a sign of innocence, chastity, purity and wisdom, while the red signifies courage, bravery, justice and love.

Flag of Gambia

The national flag of Gambia.

Flag ratio 2:3
It consists of a horizontal tricolour of red, blue and green. The colours are separated by white stripes. The red at the top symbolises the sun, as well as the savanna. Below the red is blue that symbolises the Gambia River that flows through the nation. The green symbolises the land, and also the forests of the nation. The white portions represent peace.

Flag of Gabon

The flag of Gabon was adopted in 1960.

Flag ratio 3:4
The flag consists of 3 stripes of equal height, The colours on the flag (from top) are green, representing the forests; gold, representing the equator; and blue, representing the sea

Flag of France

The Flag of France was adopted on 15 February 1794

Flag ratio 2:3
The flag uses 30:33:37 proportions of Blue, White and Red

Flag of Finland

The flag of Finland is used since the beginning of the 20th century.

Flag ratio: 11:18
It features a blue Nordic cross on a white background. Blue represents lakes and the sky, and white represents snow and the white nights of the Finnish summer.

Flag of Fiji

The Flag of Fiji was adopted on October 10, 1970.

Flag ratio 1:2
It is a defaced sky-blue "Blue Ensign" with a coat of arms against sea blue background

Flag of Federated States of Micronesia

The flag of the Federated States of Micronesia was adopted on November 10, 1979.

Flag ratio 10:19
The blue field represents the Pacific Ocean, while the four stars represent the four island groups in the federation.