Flag of Samoa

Flag of Samoa
Facts, history and meaning about the flag of Samoa

Samoa is located in Oceania.

The official ISO 3166 code for Samoa is:

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The colors of the flag are traditional for Samoa. The stars represent the Southern Cross, which is the smallest constellation. Red is a symbol of courage, white stands for purity and the blue color represents freedom.

The design of the flag resembles the one used when Samoa was a British colony. The flag back then had an image of the English flag in the current blue field with the stars.

There was also an emblem with three palm trees close to the fly end of the flag. This version was used between July 30th, 1922 and January 1st, 1962. Samoa's current flag was adopted on January 1st, 1962.


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Samoa flag coloring page
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Coloring page for the flag of Samoa. Print it and fill it with colors! Perfect entertainment for the kids or in school. The coloring page is a PDF-file that is ready to use in a printer.

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