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Cuba Flag
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How to identify it
Five blue and white horizontal stripes with a red triangle next to the flagpole containing a single white star. Puerto Rico inverts the colours.
Design and construction
- Adoption and legal status
- The flag was designed in 1849 and adopted nationally in 1902.
History of the design
Its five equal stripes, full-height red triangle and precisely placed white star are defined in Cuba’s national-symbols law.
Sources
References for the design and any additional notes on this page.
- Cuba: flag history and construction; Flags of the World (FOTW)