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Flag Curacao, in 16 editions.
The entry for Curacao published Flag in 16 editions of 16, from 2010 to 2025. The text changed in 1 edition. Each is shown as published. Flag in every entry.
- edition changed the text
- 1
- the first edition with it
- 2010
- the latest edition with it
- 2025
Published as “Flag description” (2010 to 2024) and “Flag” (2025).
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2025 edition
Changed since 2024The same text in 15 editions, 2010 to 2024.
Published as “Flag description”
- on a blue field a horizontal yellow band somewhat below the center divides the flag into proportions of 5:1:2;
- two five-pointed white stars - the smaller above and to the left of the larger - appear in the canton;
- the blue of the upper and lower sections symbolizes the sky and sea respectively;
- yellow represents the sun;
- the stars symbolize Curacao and its uninhabited smaller sister island of Klein Curacao;
- the five star points signify the five continents from which Curacao's people derive
on a blue field a horizontal yellow band somewhat below the center divides the flag into proportions of 5:1:2; two five-pointed white stars - the smaller above and to the left of the larger - appear in the canton; the blue of the upper and lower sections symbolizes the sky and sea respectively; yellow represents the sun; the stars symbolize Curacao and its uninhabited smaller sister island of Klein Curacao; the five star points signify the five continents from which Curacao's people derive
- description:
- on a blue field, a horizontal yellow band divides the flag below the center;
- two five-pointed white stars -- the smaller above and to the left of the larger -- appear in the upper left
- meaning:
- the blue stands for the sky and sea, and yellow for the sun;
- the stars symbolize Curacao and its uninhabited sister island of Klein Curacao (Little Curacao);
- the star points represent the five continents from which Curacao's inhabitants originate
description: on a blue field field, a horizontal yellow band somewhat below the center divides the flag into proportions of 5:1:2; below the center; two five-pointed white stars - -- the smaller above and to the left of the larger - -- appear in the canton; upper left
meaning: the blue of the upper and lower sections symbolizes stands for the sky and sea respectively; sea, and yellow represents for the sun; the stars symbolize Curacao and its uninhabited smaller sister island of Klein Curacao; Curacao (Little Curacao); the five star points signify represent the five continents from which Curacao's people derive inhabitants originate
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Central Intelligence Agency. “Curacao: Flag.” The World Factbook, 2010–2025 editions. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/curacao/flag.