Flag of Jamaica
The flag of Jamaica was officially launched on 6 August 1962.
Appearance and meaning
The flag of Jamaica consists of a yellow cross of St. Andrew, and four triangular areas of color in black and green
- Green stands for hope and for agriculture
- Yellow or Gold symbolizes the rich natural resources of Jamaica and the beauty of the sunlight
- Black recalls the difficult days of the past and the present ( poverty).
History
During the British colonial rule were used 1875-1962 different versions of a Blue Ensign. As governor flag of the Union Jack served with the emblem of the colony.
? Flag of the Governor, 1875-1906
? 1906-1957
? Flag of the Governor, 1906-1957
? Flag of the Governor, 1957-1962
? 1962
? Flag of the Governor, 1962
A first proposal for the National flag of the Independent Jamaica consisted of five horizontal stripes ( green-yellow- black-yellow- green), with the black stripe should be twice as wide as each of the other strip. Although the British authorities approved this design, you came from him again because the flag of Tanganyika, which had become independent in 1961, also consisted of five horizontal stripes in the same color sequence. The only difference in the width of the individual strips. The green and the black stripes were the same width at the African flag and the two yellow stripes for considerably narrower. At times, was a horizontal tricolor of Jamaica in an interview.
? Design for a national flag of Jamaica, 1962
More flags of Jamaica
Script of Queen Elizabeth II in Jamaica
Flag of the Governor General
Trivia
In allusion to the color (green / yellow / black) coined the term the Jamaica coalition in Germany; this would consist of the parties to the Greens, the FDP ( yellow) and the Union ( black) and received in the general election for the first time in 2005 notoriety.