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List of Micronesian flags

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The Micronesian flag being painted

This is a list of flags associated with the Federated States of Micronesia.

National flags

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Flag Duration Use Description
1978–present Flag of the Federated States of Micronesia A flag with a ratio of 10:19 featuring four stars, arranged in a circle, on a blue field.[1][2][3][4]

Flags of the States of Micronesia

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Flag Duration Use Description
1997–present Flag of Chuuk State
1981–present Flag of Kosrae
1992–present Flag of Pohnpei State A flag featuring a wreath of coconut leaves with eleven stars and a sakau cup in the middle, on a blue field.
1980–present Flag of Yap State

Flags of municipalities of Micronesia

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Chuuk State

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Flag Duration Use Description
Link to file Flag of Fefen A blue field containing a mura bird flanked by a torch and wokupuun club, surrounded by a circle of 24 stars representing the island's villages.[5]
Link to file Flag of Houk A blue field with the municipal seal. Below it is the motto "Prosperity Through Unity" in green capital letters.
Link to file Flag of Kuttu A white flag with a seal as the charge.
Link to file 6 June 2011 – present Flag of Moch A light blue field with the municipal seal as the charge. A column of three white five-pointed stars representing Moch's villages are to the left, and a column of five representing its clans are to the right.[6]
Link to file Flag of Tonoas A light blue vertical flag with a large, white five-pointed star. Above it is a green witiwit (Ptilinopus porphyraceus) carrying a streamer in its beak reading "e koi epwe saram epwe raan" ("calling for the light to shine on the land"), which is a phrase in the itang secret language. Below the star the year 2002 is inscribed.[5]
Link to file 1993 – present[5] Flag of Tsis A green field with an emblem in the charge.
Link to file Flag of Udot A blue bordered and horizontally striped white flag with a white hoist side bearing a fish above a first fruits bowl, surrounded by ten stars in a ring.[5]
Flag of Weno A monochrome white circular emblem bearing fourteen stars and an illustration of Tonnachau Mountain upon a field described as both dark green[6] and black[5].

Kosrae

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Flag Duration Use Description
Flag of Tafunsak A dark blue field with scene featuring a beach, aeroplane, traditional canoe and palm tree, overlayed with four dark blue stars to represent Tafunsak's hamlets, encompassed by an olive branch wreath.[5]
Link to file Flag of Utwe A red-white-blue tricolor bearing a gray silhouette of a crab with an illustration of Mount Finkol and canoe racing within it, surrounded by three white stars, a black wreath and arched text reading "UTWE MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT". The white stars and stripes represent Utwe's three groups: red for Gateway, white for N-One and blue for Centerpoint.

Pohnpei State

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Flag Duration Use Description
Link to file 2019 – present Flag of Kapingamarangi A blue and green vertical triband with an emblem in the charge consisting of a canoe, wreath and stars.
Flag of Kitti A white flag with three blue horizontal stripes, with a white canton bearing a red crescent surrounded by twelve red stars.
Flag of Kolonia A red-white-green triband with a blue canton containing seven white five-pointed stars.
Flag of Madolenihmw Six red horizontal stripes with thinner white stripes in between them, with a light blue canton bearing the municipal seal and bordered by white.
2010 – present[5] Flag of Mwoakilloa A horizontal triband, coloured orange, white and green from top to bottom, with a blue triangle representing the ocean bearing three white stars representing the Urak, Kahlap, and Manton islands on the hoist side.[6]
Flag of Nett Nine stripes alternating between purple and white; in a light blue canton are nine white stars arranged in a circle.
Flag of Nukuoro A blue field with three white five-pointed stars arranged in a triangle.
July 2003 – present Flag of Pingelap Four rows, yellow, blue, red, and white (from top to bottom), with an emblem in the canton. The four colours represent groups of Pingelapese people: yellow for Mweniap/Peisik, blue for Peraku/Namahl, red for Sakarkapw/Ihlong and white for Kakalia/Pelenkous.[5]
Flag of Sapwuahfik A pentacolor striped flag with yellow, blue, white, red, and green from top to bottom. In a green canton, one large white five-pointed star and nine smaller ones arranged in an arc on its flyward side.
Flag of Sokehs A blue field with the municipal seal upon a yellow sun with five-pointed stars next to the tips of its rays.
Flag of U A wreath encompassing five white stars on a blue field.

Flags of villages of Micronesia

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Chuuk State

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Flag Duration Use Description
By 1 October 2000 – present[5] Flag of Sapuk, Weno A green field with a circle of fourteen white irregular stars.

Historical flags

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Flag Duration Use Description
1919–1947 Flag of the Governor of the South Seas Mandate
1965–1980s Flag of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands [7]

Pohnpei State

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Flag Duration Use Description
1977–1992 Flag of Pohnpei State

Shipping companies

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Flag Duration Use Description
House flag of the FSM line, subsidiary of Kyowa Kisen

References

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  1. ^ Complete flags of the world (Rev. & updated 5th ed.). London: DK Pub. 2008. p. 229. ISBN 978-0-7566-4115-3.
  2. ^ Meller, Norman (1972). "The Congress of Micronesia, A Unifying and Modernizing Force" (PDF). USAID. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 18, 2017. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
  3. ^ Whitney Smith (2001). Flag lore of all nations. Millbrook Press. p. 64. ISBN 978-0-7613-1753-1.
  4. ^ "Chapter 5: Flag". Legal Information System of the Federated States of Micronesia. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i Wentworth, Larry (March 2019). Knowlton, Steven A. (ed.). "Municipal Flags of the Federated States of Micronesia" (pdf). Vexillum. No. 5. North American Vexillological Association. p. 23. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
  6. ^ a b c Lupant, Michel R. (2011). "From the Trust Territory of the Pacific to the Federated States of Micronesia". In Guenter, Scot M.; Kaye, Edward B. (eds.). Proceedings of the 24th International Congress of Vexillology. North American Vexillological Association. pp. 691–739. ASIN B009AP0PJM.
  7. ^ Meller, Norman (1972). "The Congress of Micronesia, A Unifying and Modernizing Force" (PDF). USAID. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 18, 2017. Retrieved 15 August 2022.

See also

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