Penang (Malaysia)

Negeri Pulau Pinang 'Mutiara Timur', State of Penang Island 'Pearl of the Orient'

Last modified: 2005-02-12 by santiago dotor
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by Clay Moss, modified by António Martins

• Description
• Blue-white torse under the palm tree
• British Colony of Penang 1949-1957 (former Settlement of Prince of Wales Island and Province Wellesley)

See also:

• British Straits Settlements
• Subnational Flags (Malaysia)
• Malaysia

Description

Penang has the only vertically divided flag in Malaysia: (light) blue - white - yellow with a palm tree in the middle.

Jaume Ollé, 14 January 1996

The flag is a tricolour consisting of vertical stripes of equal width of light blue (at the hoist), white and yellow; on the central (white) stripe is an areca nut palm (known in Malay as pokok pinang) on a mount. Light blue signifies the sea which surrounds the island. The white represents the State itself in its serenity. The yellow signifies prosperity. The betelnut (or areca nut) tree is the tree from which the island takes its name.

There is no sultan of this state as it was once a component part of the British Straits Settlements.

Tom W. Koh, 14 May 1997

The tree in the middle of the flag