Flag of Vanuatu

The flag of Vanuatu was adopted on 18 February 1980.
When the Vanua'aku Pati led the New Hebrides to independence as Vanuatu in 1980, the colours of the party flag (red, green, black and yellow) were chosen to be the basis for the national flag. A parliamentary committee chose the final design based on submissions from local artists.
==Symbolism==
The green represents the richness of the islands, the red symbolises the blood of wild boars and men, and the black the ni-Vanuatu people. The Prime Minister of Vanuatu, Father Walter Lini, requested the inclusion of yellow and black fimbriations to make the black stand out. The yellow Y-shape represents the light of the gospel going through the pattern of the islands in the Pacific Ocean (approximately 83% of the people of Vanuatu profess Christianity).
The emblem in the black is a boar's tusk — the symbol of prosperity worn as a pendant on the islands — along with two leaves of the local namele Cycad. The leaves are supposed to be a token of peace, and their 39 leaflets represent the 39 members of the Parliament of Vanuatu.
==Construction==
With a flag width of 180 units, the width of the triangle, from hoist to point, should be 84 units. The height of the flag will thus be 95 units, with the yellow band being 5 units tall, the gold fimbriations are each 6 units tall and the upper and lower (red and green) parts of the field are, thus, 39 units tall each.
==Other flags of Vanuatu==
File:Naval Ensign of Vanuatu.svg | Naval Ensign
File:Presidential Standard of Vanuatu.svg | Presidential Standard
==Subnational flags from Vanuatu==
File:Flag of Penama Province.svg | Flag of Penama Province
File:Flag of Sanma Province.svg | Flag of Sanma Province
File:Flag of Shefa Province.svg | Flag of Shefa Province
File:Tafea Flag.svg | Reconstructed secessionist flag of the Tafea Nation
File:Bandera Tanna Vanuatu.svg | Flag of the island of Tanna, in Tafea Province, and of its secessionist movement
==Historical flags of the New Hebrides==
File:Flag of Franceville.svg | Flag of the Anglo-French Joint Naval Commission (1887–1906)
File:Flag of the British New Hebrides (1906-1953).svg | Flag of the British New Hebrides (1906–53, with the Tudor Crown)
File:Flag of the British Resident Commissioner of the New Hebrides (1906-1953).svg | Flag of the British Resident Commissioner (1906–53, Tudor Crown)
File:Flag of the British New Hebrides (1953-1980).svg | Flag of the British New Hebrides (1953–80, with St Edward's Crown)
File:Flag of the British Resident Commissioner of the New Hebrides (1953-1980).svg | Flag of the British Resident Commissioner (1953–80, St Edward's Crown)
File:Flag of France.svg | Flag of the French New Hebrides (1906–40, 1944–80)
File:Flag of Free France (1940-1944).svg | Flag of the Free French administration of New Hebrides (1940–44)
File:Flag Vanuatu 1963.svg | Flag attested as being used in the 1963 South Pacific Games
Flag of New Hebrides.svg | Flag attested as being used in the 1966 South Pacific Games
File:Flag of Vemerana.svg | Flag of the ephemeral Republic of Vemerana (1980)
File:Flag of People's Provisional Government of Vanuatu.png | Flag of People's Provisional Government of Vanuatu led by Vanua'aku Pati
==See also==
* Coat of arms of Vanuatu
* Flag of Tuva (created 1992) which closely resembles the flag of Vanuatu.
* Flag of South Africa (adopted 1994) which also closely resembles the flag of Vanuatu.
==References==
===Sources===
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