Flag of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
The flag of St. Vincent and the Grenadines since October 12, 1985, the official emblem of the Caribbean island nation.
Description
The national flag is vertically divided into three strips; a narrow blue stripes at the leech, a narrow green strip at the receding end and a broad yellow stripe in the middle. The strips behave 1:2:1. On the yellow strip of V for St. Vincent are arranged three green diamonds that the nickname of the island in the shape - to symbolize - Gems of the Antilles. Blue represents the sky and the sea, golden yellow symbolizes the warm and cheerful spirit of the population and the golden sands of the Grenadines. Green represents the lush vegetation of St. Vincent's agriculture and the continued vitality of the population. Both the aspect ratio of the flag of 2:3, and the use of a flag for all national sovereignty tasks is rather unusual for a former British colony and a member of the Commonwealth.
History
When the country on October 27, 1975 Associated State, was kept to the previous British colonial flag as the national flag when. The Blue Ensign with the round emblem, which shows two women and the motto Pax et justitia, corresponded to the design of many other British possessions and former colonies. To independence on 27 October 1979, a flag was adopted, which showed the former colonial emblem of the islands on a stylized leaf of a breadfruit tree. The flag was vertically striped blue -yellow-green with narrow white strip separating between. After a change of government, the white dividing strips were removed in March 1985. However, since this flag was not well received by the population, it was decided to design a new flag. However, a national competition did not yield any suitable variant, which is why the government instructed a Swiss designer with the task. This created the current flag.
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Other flags of the country
The Governor General, who represents the British monarch as head of state in the country, leads as a flag on a blue background a crown with the British lion and a banner with the name of the country.
The island of Bequia used an unofficial flag with a black whale on white background. Here whaling had a long tradition that was still operating into the 21st century.