flag of Tuvalu

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The flag of Tuvalu is a light blue field featuring the Union Jack in the canton and a pattern of nine yellow stars representing the country's islands in the Pacific Ocean.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
flag of Tuvalu canonical 1
flag of Tuvalu (1995–1997) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf national flag
adoptedOn 1997-04-11
adoptionYear 1997
cantonDesign Union Jack
linked to: Union Flag
capitalOfCountry Funafuti
category Flags displaying the Union Jack
Flags of Oceania
continentOfCountry Oceania
country Tuvalu
designElement Union Jack
linked to: Union Flag

canton
nine five-pointed stars
ensignType British blue ensign style
fieldColor light blue
governmentTypeOfCountry parliamentary democracy under constitutional monarchy
monarchOfCountry Charles III
oceanContext Pacific Ocean
officialLanguageOfCountry English
Tuvaluan
previousVersionUsedFrom 1978
previousVersionUsedUntil 1995
proportion 1:2
relatedTo flag of Australia
flag of Fiji
linked to: Flag of Fiji

flag of the United Kingdom
linked to: Union Flag
represents Tuvalu as a member of the Commonwealth of Nations
historical ties with the United Kingdom
starArrangement pattern approximating geographic positions of islands
starColor yellow
starCount 9
starShape five-pointed star
status current national flag of Tuvalu
symbolizes Pacific Ocean
islands of Tuvalu
temporarilyReplacedBy flag of Tuvalu (1995–1997)
linked to: flag of Tuvalu
temporarilyReplacedIn 1995
usedBy Government of Tuvalu
civil population of Tuvalu
usesColor light blue
red
white
yellow

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Referenced by (2)

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

Blue Ensign influenced flag of Tuvalu
flag of Tuvalu temporarilyReplacedBy flag of Tuvalu (1995–1997)
linked to: flag of Tuvalu