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Australasia and Oceania

Nauru

Ratio: 1:2 Adopted: January 31, 1968 Usage: National and Civil

The blue field The gold stripe
represents the represents the
island’s blue Equator
skies and the
Pacific Ocean

The 12-pointed star recalls the
12 original tribes of Nauru

Australasia and Oceania
-ICRONESIA Nauru was jointly administered by Australia,
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the UK and New Zealand from 1947 until
independence was granted in 1968.
The flag, chosen in a local design point represents one of the 12
competition, was adopted on the day indigenous tribes on the island.
of independence. It depicts Nauru’s
geographical position, one degree ARMS OF NAURU
below the Equator. A gold horizontal This is also a local design and
stripe representing the Equator runs includes the chemical symbol for
across a blue field for the Pacific phosphorus; phosphates are Nauru’s
Ocean. Nauru itself is symbolized by main export. Beneath it are a frigate
a white twelve-pointed star. Each bird and a sprig of tomano.

ARMS OF NAURU
The 12-pointed star,
The shield is as featured on the flag,
surrounded by coconut representing the 12
leaves for phosphorus tribes of Nauru
The chemical symbol The feathers of
for phosphorus a frigate bird
A frigate bird A sprig of tomano

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