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New Caledonia .nc

Flag of New Caledonia
CapitalNouméa
Pop 2026264,596
Area18,575 km²
Density14/km²
RegionMelanesia
CurrencyCFP Franc
Head of Country
Emmanuel Macron (since 2017) (France) · President Louis Mapou

Meaning of the Flag

Two flags are in use in New Caledonia, an overseas territory of France. Up to 2010, the only flag used to represent New Caledonia was the flag of France, a tricolour featuring three vertical bands coloured blue (hoist side), white, and red known to English speakers as the French Tricolour. Up to 2010, the only flag used to represent New Caledonia was the flag of France, a tricolour featuring three vertical bands coloured blue (hoist side), white, and red known to English speakers as the French Tricolour.

Meaning of Flag Colors

Red Blue White

Up to 2010, the only flag used to represent New Caledonia was the flag of France, a tricolour featuring three vertical bands coloured blue, white, and red known to English speakers as the French Tricolour.

Flag History

  1. 1980
    The FLNKS flag, first adopted by the party in 1980, is composed of three horizontal stripes of blue (Pantone 286c), red (Pantone 032c) and green (Pantone 347c) charged with a yellow (Pantone 102c) disc of a diameter two-thirds the height of the flag centered at a position of one-third the width of the flag, measured from the hoist side.
  2. Present
    Current flag of New Caledonia
    Current national flag.

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