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Flag of French Polynesia
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The flag of French Polynesia was adopted in 1984.[1] According to the articles of adoption, the flag of French Polynesia must be displayed with the French tricolor, and may be displayed with the flags of the component archipelagos. The French Polynesian flag must be displayed to the left of the French flag, and the flag of the archipelago must be displayed to its right.[2]
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Two red horizontal bands encase a wide white band in a 1:2:1 ratio; centered on the white band is the emblem of French Polynesia as a 0.43m diameter disk with a blue and white wave pattern depicting the sea on the lower half and a gold and white ray pattern depicting the sun on the upper half; a Polynesian canoe rides on the wave pattern; the canoe has a crew of five represented by five stars that symbolize the five island groups;[3] red and white are traditional Polynesian colors.
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Flags of component archipelagos
Flag of the Leeward Islands
Sports Flag of the Leeward Islands
Flag of the Tuamotu Archipelago
.svg)
Flags of the Society Islands
Leeward Islands
Windward Islands
Flag of Tahiti
Flag of Moorea-Maiao
Flags of the Tuamotu Archipelago
Flags of the Austral Islands
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