flag of Samoa

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The flag of Samoa is a red field with a blue rectangle in the upper hoist-side corner bearing the white stars of the Southern Cross, symbolizing the nation's location in the South Pacific and its cultural identity.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
flag of Samoa canonical 5
Flag of Samoa 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (38)

Predicate Object
instanceOf national flag ⓘ
adoptedOn 1949-02-24 ⓘ
associatedWith Independent State of Samoa ⓘ
linked to: Samoa
cantonColor blue ⓘ
cantonPosition upper hoist-side corner ⓘ
category Flags of Oceania ⓘ
National flags ⓘ
continentLocationSymbolized Oceania ⓘ
country Samoa ⓘ
designElement Southern Cross constellation ⓘ
linked to: Crux constellation

blue rectangle in the upper hoist-side corner ⓘ
white stars ⓘ
emblemPresent no coat of arms on main design ⓘ
feature five-pointed white stars ⓘ
fieldColor red ⓘ
historicalPredecessor flag of German Samoa ⓘ
flag of Western Samoa under New Zealand administration ⓘ
oceanLocationSymbolized Pacific Ocean ⓘ
officialIn Samoa ⓘ
officialName national flag of Samoa ⓘ
orientation horizontal rectangular flag ⓘ
readoptedOn 1962-01-01 ⓘ
regionLocationSymbolized South Pacific ⓘ
sideRatio 1:2 ⓘ
starColor white ⓘ
starConstellation Southern Cross ⓘ
starCount 5 ⓘ
starShape five-pointed stars ⓘ
status current national flag of Samoa ⓘ
symbolizes Samoa’s cultural identity ⓘ
Samoa’s location in the South Pacific ⓘ
usedBy Government of Samoa ⓘ
people of Samoa ⓘ
usedSince 1949 ⓘ
usesColor blue ⓘ
red ⓘ
white ⓘ
writingSystemOnFlag none ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Southern Cross → appearsOn → flag of Samoa ⓘ
Alpha Crucis → isDepictedOn → Flag of Samoa ⓘ
linked to: flag of Samoa
O le Ao o le Malo → symbol → Flag of Samoa ⓘ
linked to: flag of Samoa
Prime Minister of Samoa → flagUsed → Flag of Samoa ⓘ
linked to: flag of Samoa
Delta Crucis → featuredOnFlag → Flag of Samoa ⓘ
linked to: flag of Samoa
Epsilon Crucis → isDepictedOn → flag of Samoa ⓘ
Crux → isOn → flag of Samoa ⓘ
Crux Australis → isFeaturedOn → flag of Samoa ⓘ