Penang

The state flag of Penang, a Malaysian state, consists of three vertical bands and an areca-nut palm on a grassy mount in the center. All three bands are of equal width. From left to right, the color of each band is light blue, white and yellow.
The colors of the flag are derived from the tinctures of the coat of arms of Penang that was granted by King George VI in the 1940s. Light blue denotes the sea that surrounds Penang Island, white represents peace and yellow for the prosperity of the state.
The areca-nut palm, known as pokok pinang in Malay, symbolizes the tree from which Penang got its name. The tree and its grassy mount is centered within the middle white band.
The flag was first adopted in 1949 after Penang became a component state of the Federation of Malaya. The flag was slightly modified to its present form in the 1960s by removing a torse of blue and white at the bottom of the grassy mount.
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