Capital

Ngerulmud

Continent

Oceania

Flag adopted

1981

Designer

Not individually credited

Palau

Colors and meaning

• Sky blue #4AADD6

  The Pacific Ocean

Symbolism and history

A golden disc, offset toward the hoist to represent the full moon (regarded in Palauan tradition as the ideal time for fishing, harvest and celebration), sits on a plain sky-blue field, adopted at self-governance in 1981.

Closest-looking flags

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  Japan

  Its offset disc on a plain field echoes the structure, though not the color palette, of Japan's and Bangladesh's flags.

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  Bangladesh

  Its offset disc on a plain field echoes the structure, though not the color palette, of Japan's and Bangladesh's flags.

Further reading: Flag of Palau on Wikipedia