Flag of the Federated States of Micronesia

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Federated States of Micronesia

Flag of the Federated States of Micronesia

Use| Civil and state flag, civil and state ensign
Proportion| 10:19
Adopted| 30 November 1978; 46 years ago (1978-11-30)
Design| A light blue field with four white five-pointed stars arranged in the diamond pattern in the center.
Students in Port Vila, Vanuatu, with Marshall Islands and Micronesia flags.

The flag of the Federated States of Micronesia was adopted on 30 November 1978. The blue field represents the Pacific Ocean. In an echo of U.S. heraldic practice, the stars represent the four federated states: Chuuk, Pohnpei, Kosrae and Yap, arranged like the points of the compass.[1]

## History

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The Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands was administered by the United States under the auspices of the United Nations after World War II. In the 1950s, the residents had protested the adoption of a flag, citing the lack of a cohesive identity for the disparate group of islands, and the scheme was dropped.[2]

The trust territory first adopted a flag on 24 October 1962, which featured a design of six white stars around a shade of blue based on the flag of the United Nations.[3] The flag was designed by Gonzalo Santos and officially approved in 1965 by the National Congress. The six stars represented the districts of Yap, Truk, Pohnpei, Palau, Marshall Islands, and Northern Mariana Islands; the latter three did not become part of the eventual Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) in 1979.[3]

A four-star variation of the former trust territory flag was adopted on 30 November 1978 prior to independence; Kosrae was split from Pohnpei and is represented by the fourth star. The blue shade based on the United Nations flag was substituted for a darker blue after the FSM ascended to the Compact of Free Association with the United States on 3 November 1986.[3][4]

## Design

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The four white stars are oriented in a circle with none of the "rays" pointing inwards, adorning a shade of blue representing the Pacific Ocean.[3] The ratio of the flag is 10:19 and the width of each star to the flag is 1:5, though it is permissible to reproduce the flag in other dimensions for unofficial purposes.[5]

## Historical flags

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* Flag of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands; was used in the FSM 1965 to 1978.

* Former Flag of Pohnpei from 1977 to 1992

## State flags

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* Chuuk

* Kosrae

* Pohnpei

* Yap

## See also

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* Heraldry portal
* Oceania portal

* List of Micronesian flags

## 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 28 April 2022. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
3. ^ a b c d Whitney Smith. "Flag of Micronesia". Britannica. Archived from the original on 16 July 2020. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
4. ^ Whitney Smith (2001). Flag lore of all nations. Millbrook Press. p. 64\. ISBN 978-0-7613-1753-1.
5. ^ "Chapter 5: Flag". Legal Information System of the Federated States of Micronesia. Retrieved 15 August 2022.

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