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North America

Jamaica

Ratio: 1:2 Adopted: August 6, 1962 Usage: National and Civil

Black, green, “Hardships
and yellow there are but
are also pan- the land is
African colors green and the
sun shineth”
is the local
Black reflects explanation of
hardships the flag

Green represents Yellow recalls the
the land sun shining

North America
Jamaica was a British colony from 1655 until 1962.
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From 1958 onward it was part of the West Indies
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Federation, which was dissolved in 1962.
The present design emerged a British colony. It was used on the
from those sent in by the public former British flags of Jamaica.
in a national competition. It was
originally designed with horizontal THE QUEEN’S STANDARD
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stripes, but this was too similar to The flag for HM Queen Elizabeth II,
the then Tanganyikan flag, and so was introduced after independence.
the saltire was substituted. It contains a banner of the arms, with
The coat of arms, based on those the Queen’s Cypher in the center.
granted to Jamaica on February 3, The field depicts the red Cross of
1663, is among the oldest granted to St. George charged with pineapples.

BANNER OF THE
QUEEN OF JAMAICA

The Royal Cypher St. George’s Cross
is enclosed within a
chaplet of roses
The four pineapples and
ross are taken from the
Arms of Jamaica

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