Flag of Easter Island

Easter Island


Proportion	5:8
Adopted	9 May 2006
Design	A white flag with a red reimiro in the centre

Variant flag of Easter Island
Use	Former flag
Proportion	3:4
Adopted	13th century
Design	Original flag of Easter Island

The flag of Easter Island (also known as Rapa Nui or Isla de Pascua) was adopted on 9 May 2006. It is a white flag with a red reimiro (a wooden pectoral ornament once worn by the women of Rapa Nui) in the center.^[1]

History

The original flag of Easter Island was first flown in the 13th century, and has the distinction of four black colored figures at each corner of the flag.^[2]

References

Flags of Oceania

Sovereign states	Australia Federated States of Micronesia Fiji Kiribati Marshall Islands Nauru New Zealand Palau Papua New Guinea Samoa Solomon Islands Tonga Tuvalu Vanuatu

Associated states of New Zealand	Cook Islands Niue

Dependencies and other territories	American Samoa Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Easter Island French Polynesia Guam Hawaii New Caledonia Norfolk Island Northern Mariana Islands Pitcairn Islands Tokelau Wallis and Futuna

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