Aruba

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by Mark Sensen, 30 December 2000

Official Name: Aruba
Capital: Oranjestad
Location: Caribbean
Government Type: Autonomous Part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
Flag adopted: 18 March 1976
ISO Code: AW

• The Flag
• Status of Aruba
• The Specifications of the Flag

See also:

• Aruba - Flag of the Governor
• Aruba - Political Flags
• Aruba - Proposals
• Netherlands Antilles
• Netherlands
• Mark Sensen's Aruba page

The Flag

The flag is blue with two yellow bars in base and a red fourpointed star fimbrated white in chief towards the hoist. The flag dates from 1976. The four pointed star should represent the island's four main languages
Zeljko Heimer, 28 November 1995

The light blue stands for both the sea and the sky. The star greets the people of all four directions of the wind. The yellow stands for hte wanglo, a rainflower that sometimes with its yellow colour lifts up the whole island.
Mark Sensen, 28 November 1995

The text of the Flag Regulation, 14 March 1977 was published in the Aruban Gazetteer. The colour of the field of the Aruban flag is Larkspur, whic