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Flag of Samoa
CapitalApia
Pob. 2026205,557
Área2,842 km²
Densidad72/km²
RegiónPolinesia
MonedaSamoan Tala
Bandera1949
Jefe de Estado
Va'aletoa Sualauvi II (since 2017) · PM Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa (since 2021)

Significado de la Bandera

The flag of Samoa (Samoan: fu‘a o Sāmoa) was adopted on 24 February 1949. It consists of a red field with a blue rectangle in the canton.

Historia de la Bandera

  1. 1914
    From the capture by New Zealand forces on 29 August 1914, a defaced ensign with three palm trees encircled, and emblazoned on the fly were used.
  2. 1951–1957
    Flag of Samoa #2
    The flag was originally designed in 1948 by Tupua Tamasese Meaʻole and Malietoa Tanumafili II, who would later become the heads of state of Samoa when it gained independence in 1962.
  3. 1958–1967
    Flag of Samoa #5
    Flag in use 1958–1967.
  4. 1858–1873
    Flag of Samoa #6
    Flag in use 1858–1873.
  5. 1873–1875
    Flag of Samoa #7
    Flag in use 1873–1875.
  6. 1801
    Flag of Samoa #8
    Flag in use 1801.
  7. 1949–presente
    Bandera actual de Samoa
    Bandera actual, en uso desde 1949.

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