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North America
St. Kitts & Nevis
Ratio: 2:3 Adopted: September 19, 1983 Usage: National and Civil
Green is symbolic of
the fertile land
Two stars for
hope and liberty
Black recalls St. Red recalls the
Kitts’ African struggle for freedom
heritage
Yellow reflects the
country’s sunny climate
A British colony in the Leeward Islands since 1873,
Rico ST. KITTS
& NEVIS the islands of St. Kitts and Nevis gained
Dominica
independence together in 1983.
The flag was the winning entry in a liberty, not for the islands of
local competition which attracted St. Kitts and Nevis.
258 entries, and was the work of a
student, Edrice Lewis. It was she THE FLAG OF NEVIS
who gave what is now the official The island of Nevis has a flag of its
interpretation of the flag—that its own, which is bright yellow, with a
colors stand for the fertile land, year- stylized image of Nevis Peak. The
round sunshine, the struggle for national flag is in the canton.
freedom, and the African heritage. St. Kitts also has an ensign for the
The two stars stand for hope and Coast Guard.
THE FLAG OF NEVIS
National flag in canton
A graphic representation
Yellow for year-long of Nevis Peak, a cone-
sunshine shaped mountain in the
center of the island
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