Flag of the Netherlands Antilles

Flag of the Netherlands Antilles (1959–1986)

The flag of the Netherlands Antilles was white, with a horizontal blue stripe in the center, one-third of the flag's hoist, superimposed on a vertical red stripe of the same width, also centered; six white, five-pointed stars are arranged in a hexagon pattern in the center of the blue band, their points up. It was adopted on 19 November 1959.

The six stars represented the six main islands of Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao, Saba, Sint Eustatius, and Sint Maarten.

1986 modification

Flag of the Netherlands Antilles (1986–2010)

In 1986, Aruba seceded from the Netherlands Antilles resulting in the flag being modified to depict only five stars to represent the remaining five islands.[1]

Dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles

On 10 October 2010, the Netherlands Antilles was dissolved into Curaçao, Sint Maarten and the three public bodies of the Caribbean Netherlands.[2]

Flag of the governor of the Netherlands Antilles

Colors

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Colors scheme 		Blue Red White
Pantone Reflex Blue C 2035 C White
CMYK 100-73-0-47 0-93-90-13 0-0-0-0
HEX #002588 #DD1017 #FFFFFF
RGB 0-37-136 221-16-23 255-255-255

See also

References

  1. ^ "Netherlands Antilles".
  2. ^ Yahoo! news on the dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles. 10 October 2010 article accessed 10 October 2010.
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^These three form the SSS islands that with the ABC islands comprise the Dutch Caribbean, of which *the BES islands are not direct Kingdom constituents but subsumed with the country of the Netherlands.

†Physiographically, these continental islands are not part of the volcanic Windward Islands arc, although sometimes grouped with them culturally and politically.

ǂDisputed territories administered by Guyana. ~Disputed territories administered by Colombia.

#Bermuda is an isolated North Atlantic oceanic island, physiographically not part of the Lucayan Archipelago, Antilles, Caribbean Sea nor North American continental nor South American continental islands. It is grouped with the Northern American region, but occasionally also with the Caribbean region culturally.


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