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- Capital
- Majuro
- Continent
- Oceania
- Flag adopted
- 1979
- Designer
- Not individually credited
Marshall Islands
Colors and meaning
Blue #003893
The Pacific Ocean
Orange #FF6B00
The Ratak (Sunrise) island chain and courage
White #FFFFFF
The Ralik (Sunset) island chain and peace
Symbolism and history
A white star with 24 points, one per municipality, sits near a diagonal orange-and-white band that grows wider from the hoist, evoking a rising sun over the equator on a blue field, adopted at independence in 1979.
No documented visual overlap
Marshall Islands’s design isn’t a close visual match for any other current national flag. A few more flags from Oceania, for browsing:
Further reading: Flag of Marshall Islands on Wikipedia