Solomon Islands Flag

A New Zealander designed the flag of the Solomon Islands. It was a contest in which many people submitted their ideas of a suitable flag for the nation. The new flag, adopted in 1978, replaced the old one that had the Union Jack and a shield against a blue ensign. The current Solomon Islands flag has four main colors: blue, white, yellow, and green. Green symbolizes the vegetation, yellow is the bright sunshine, and blue represents the waters. The flag also has five white stars which were the five provinces that existed before Solomon Islands’ independence.

The flag of Solomon Islands is made up of four colors: blue, white, yellow, and green. The flag is divided into two triangles by a yellow diagonal line. The left upper region of the flag is blue. The blue region has five white stars at the top left side of the flag. The right lower part of the flag is green in color. The Solomon Islands flag was officially adopted on November 18, 1978.

The blue color on the Solomon Islands flag symbolizes the waters of the nation. The waters include rivers, the Pacific Ocean, and rain. Green represents the land of Solomon Island as well as the crops and trees that grow on the land. The yellow color points to the sunshine radiated by the sun. The five stars represent the five provinces that existed at the time when the nation attained independence.

A New Zealander designed the Solomon Islands flag. He won a contest where the leaders requested for suggestions of the country’s flag. Two flags won the contest and the leaders one flag. However, when the flag featured on the nation’s paper called the Drum, it raised a lot of controversies and was then withdrawn. A contest to design a new flag was called in 1975. When the New Zealander submitted his proposed flag, one of the judges told him that they looked to admit flags designed by the Solomon Islands nationals only. However, later on, he discovered his flag was adopted as the country’s flag pre-independence.

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Published on 2019-11-06


Capital	Honiara
Languages	Melanesian pidgin (in much of the country is lingua franca), English (official but spoken by only 1%-2% of the population), 120 indigenous languages
Ethnic Groups	Melanesian 95.3%, Polynesian 3.1%, Micronesian 1.2%, other 0.3% (2009 est.)
Religion	Protestant 73.4% (Church of Melanesia 31.9%, South Sea Evangelical 17.1%, Seventh Day Adventist 11.7%, United Church 10.1%, Christian Fellowship Church 2.5%), Roman Catholic 19.6%, other Christian 2.9%, other 4%, none 0.03%, unspecified 0.1% (2009 est.)
Government	Parliamentary democracy (National Parliament) under a constitutional monarchy; a Commonwealth realm
Independance	7 July 1978 (from the UK)
Area	28,896.00 km²
Water Area	910.00 km²
Land Area	27,986.00 km²
Population	635,027.00
Location	Oceania, group of islands in the South Pacific Ocean, east of Papua New Guinea
GDP(PPP)	$1,198,000,000.00 (USD)
GDP (Per Capita)	$2,000.00 (USD)
Export Partners	Its major export partners are China, India, and Italy.
Export Commodities	Its main exports are timber, fish, copra, palm oil, and cocoa.
Import Partners	Its major import partners are Australia, China, and Malaysia.
Import Commodities	Its major imports include food, plant and equipment, and manufactured goods.
Climate	Principally desert; northeast monsoon (December to February), moderate temperatures in north and hot in south; southwest monsoon (May to October), torrid in the north and hot in the south, irregular rainfall, hot and humid periods (tangambili) between monsoons
Terrain	Mostly rugged mountains with some low coral atolls

Solomon Islands Flag

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