Bahamas Flag

How to identify it

Aquamarine, gold, aquamarine horizontal bands with a solid black triangle driven in from the flagpole side.

Design and construction

Proportions

1:2

Adoption and legal status

Adopted 10 July 1973, the day of independence from the United Kingdom, drawing on several entries from a national design competition.

Construction

Three equal horizontal bands of aquamarine, gold and aquamarine, with a black equilateral triangle set in from the hoist.

Officially documented meaning

Per the Bahamian government, black represents the vigour and force of a united people; the triangle pointing into the flag represents the people's determination to develop the resources of sun and sea, symbolised respectively by gold and aquamarine.

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