From World Afropedia
Jump to: navigation, search
FIAV 011000.svg National flag (used as state and military flag). Flag ratio: 3:5

The flag of Trinidad and Tobago was adopted upon independence from Great Britain on 31 August 1962. In blazons, the flag is Gules, a bend Sable fimbriated Argent.

Construction

The flag of Trinidad and Tobago flying at the San Fernando Hill, San Fernando

The width of the white stripes is 1/30 of the flag length and the width of the black stripe is 2/15. The total width of the three stripes together is therefore 1/5 of the length.[1]

Other flags

FIAV 000110.svg Civil and state ensign. Flag ratio: 1:2
FIAV 000001.svg Naval ensign. Flag ratio: 1:2
Prime Minister's Standard

The civil ensign is the national flag in a 1:2 ratio. The naval ensign (used by coast guard vessels) is a British white ensign with the national flag in the canton.

The flag was chosen by the Independence committee in 1962. Red, black and white symbolize fire (the sun, representing courage), earth (representing dedication) and water (representing purity and equality).[2]

Colonial flag

Prior to independence in 1962 Trinidad and Tobago used a British blue ensign defaced with a circular badge depicting a ship arriving in front of a mountain.

See also

References

External links

Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.


af:Vlag van Trinidad en Tobago ar:علم ترينيداد وتوباغو bs:Zastava Trinidada i Tobaga cs:Vlajka Trinidadu a Tobaga de:Flagge Trinidad und Tobagos et:Trinidadi ja Tobago lipp el:Σημαία του Τρινιντάντ και Τομπάγκο es:Bandera de Trinidad y Tobago eo:Flago de Trinidado kaj Tobago eu:Trinidad eta Tobagoko bandera fr:Drapeau de Trinité-et-Tobago ko:트리니다드 토바고의 국기 hi:ट्रिनिडाड और टोबैगो का ध्वज hr:Zastava Trinidada i Tobaga bpy:ত্রিনিদাদ বারো টোবাগোর ফিরালহান id:Bendera Trinidad dan Tobago it:Bandiera di Trinidad e Tobago he:דגל טרינידד וטובגו hu:Trinidad és Tobago zászlaja mk:Знаме на Тринидад и Тобаго nl:Vlag van Trinidad en Tobago ja:トリニダード・トバゴの国旗 no:Trinidad og Tobagos flagg pl:Flaga Trynidadu i Tobago pt:Bandeira de Trinidad e Tobago ru:Флаг Тринидада и Тобаго sco:Banner o Trinidad an Tobago sq:Flamuri i Trinidad dhe Tobagos sk:Vlajka Trinidadu a Tobaga sr:Застава Тринидада и Тобага sh:Zastava Trinidada i Tobaga fi:Trinidad ja Tobagon lippu sv:Trinidad och Tobagos flagga th:ธงชาติตรินิแดดและโตเบโก uk:Прапор Тринідаду і Тобаго yo:Àsìá ilẹ̀ Trínídád àti Tòbágò zh:千里達及托巴哥國旗