List of Micronesian flags

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 in a 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 six 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 Kuttu A white flag with a seal as the charge.
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 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.[5]
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.[6]
Link to file Flag of Tsis A green field with an emblem in the charge.
Link to file Flag of Udot
Flag of Weno

Kosrae

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Flag Duration Use Description
Flag of Tafunsak

Pohnpei State

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Flag Duration Use Description
Flag of Kitti
Flag of Kolonia A red-white-green triband with a blue canton containing seven white five-pointed stars.
Flag of Madolenihmw
Flag of Mwoakilloa
Flag of Nett Nine stripes alternating between purple and white and a light blue canton, in which nine white stars are arranged in a circle.
Flag of Nukuoro A blue field with three white five-pointed stars arranged in a triangle.
Flag of Pingelap Four rows, yellow, blue, red and white in order, with an emblem in the canton.
Flag of Sokehs
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
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. ^ 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.
  6. ^ 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.
  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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