Official flag of the U.S. territory of Northern Mariana Islands
Northern Mariana Islands
Use
Civil and state flag
Proportion
20:39
Adopted
July 1985; 38 years ago (July 1985)
Design
A circle of flowers and plants with a gray sculpture and a white star on a blue field.
The U.S. and Northern Mariana Islands flags flying side-by-side
The flag of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands was adopted in July 1985 by the Second Northern Marianas Constitution. The NMI flag was originally designed during the year 1985. Later during that year, they finalized the draft of the flag in the last CNMI constitutional convention. This was the most symbolic moment of the annexation of the CNMI.[1]
The flag consists of three symbols: a white star representing the United States, a gray latte stone representing the Chamorro people, and a multi-colored mwarmwar (floral wreath) representing the Carolinians. The mwarmwar is made from the green ylang-ylang (langilang; Cananga odorata), the white plumeria (flores mayo or seyúr; Plumeria alba), the red peacock flower (angagha; Caesalpinia pulcherrima), and the pink Pacific basil (teibwo; Ocimum tenuiflorum). Its dark blue background represents the Pacific Ocean and the Mariana Trench.[2][3] According to US Flags Design Website, the area is 78 inches in width and 40 inches in height.
Historical flags
During Spanish East Indies.
Proposed flag for German New Guinea.
The flag of the United Nations was used in the NMI during 1947–1965
During Spanish East Indies.
Proposed flag for German New Guinea.
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