  the national flag of the philippines () commonly known as the three stars and a sun is a horizontal flag bicolor with equal bands of royal blue and scarlet red, and with a white equilateral triangle at the hoist; in the center of the triangle is a golden yellow sun with eight primary rays, which represent the country's first group of provinces that started the 1896 philippine revolution against spain; and at each vertex of the triangle is a five-pointed golden yellow star, each of which represents one of the country's three main island groups - luzon, visayas, and mindanao. this flag can indicate a state of war if it is displayed with the red side on top.rp flag blooper in new york not intentionalâus embassy - inquirer.net, philippine news for filipinos ==design== ===construction===  the flag's length is twice its width, which translates into an aspect ratio of 1:2. the length of all the sides of the white triangle are equal to the width of the flag. each star is oriented in such manner that one of its tips points towards the vertex at which it is located. (archived from the original on 2007-12-05). moreover the gap-angle between two neighbours of the 8 ray-bundles is as large as the angle of one ray-bundle (so 22.5Â°), and its major ray is twice as "thick" as its two minor rays.executive order no. 23, s. 1936 | official gazette of the republic of the philippines the golden sun is not exactly in the center of the triangle but shifted slightly
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