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Palau, Belau
Last modified: 1997-09-03 by giuseppe bottasini
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by zeljko heimer 26-JAN-1996
Description of the flag
Flag adopted in October 1980 when the islands became internally self governing and proclaimed Republic on 1-JAN-1981.
The disk represents the moon as a
symbol of national unity and destiny. The blue field
is supposed to
represent the independance.
nathan augustine and
zeljko heimer 13-DEC-1995
Before the independance
I don't think that Palau had a flag before independance. It was part
of the Trust Territory of the Pacific, administered by the US. The
flag for the Trust Territory was blue with six stars aranged in a
hexigon. When independance came Palau and the Marshal Islands
decided to seperate from the rest of the group, which bacame the
Federated States of Micronesia with the same blue flag with four
stars instead of six, for Kosrae, Pohnpei, Truk and Yap.
nathan augustine 15-DEC-1995