Flag of the Marshall Islands facts for kids
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| Use | National flag |
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| Proportion | 10:19 |
| Adopted | May 1, 1979 |
| Design | A blue field with two diagonal stripes of orange and white radiating from the lower hoist-side corner to the upper fly-side corner and the large white star with four large rays and twenty small rays on the upper hoist-side corner above the stripes. |
| Designed by | Emlain Kabua |
The flag of the Marshall Islands, an island nation in the Pacific, was adopted upon the start of self-government, May 1, 1979. The flag was designed by Emlain Kabua, who was the first First Lady of the republic.
Rules about the flag are set forth in the Official Flag of the Marshall Islands Act 1979 (Public Law 1979-1).
Images for kids
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Marshall Islands flag at the Majuro Cooperative School.
See also
In Spanish: Bandera de las Islas Marshall para niños
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