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Encyclopedia > Flag of Haiti

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Haiti flag, 1964-1986.
Haiti flag, 1964-1986.

The flag of Haiti was adopted on February 25, 1986. The civil flag lacks the emblem. Image File history File links Flag_of_Haiti. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Haiti. ... FIAV usage code 27 See Vexillological symbols for its meaning File links The following pages link to this file: Flag of Austria Flag of Norway Flag of Guatemala Flag of Saudi Arabia Flag of Haiti Flag of Peru Categories: GFDL images ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Haiti_(1964-1986). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Haiti_(1964-1986). ... February 25 is the 56th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...


The red and blue flag is said to have been first created during the country's revolution against the French; the rebels removed the white stripe from the French tricolore and used that as their flag, only with the stripes flown horizontally instead of vertically, as in the French flag. Flag Ratio: 2:3 The national flag of France (Vexillological symbol: , known in French as drapeau tricolore, drapeau bleu-blanc-rouge, drapeau français, rarely, le tricolore and, in military parlance, les couleurs) is a tricolour featuring three vertical bands coloured blue (hoist side), white, and red. ...


At the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, it was found that Haiti and Liechtenstein were using the same flag, which led to a crown being added to the Flag of Liechtenstein. The 1936 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad, were held in 1936 in Berlin, Germany. ... Flag ratio: 3:5 The Flag of Liechtenstein consists of two equal horizontal bands of blue (top) and red with a gold crown on the hoist side of the blue band. ...


From May 25, 1964 to February 25 1986, during the Duvalier family dictatorship, the country had a different flag, in red and black, instead of blue, and divided vertically, not horizontally. May 25 is the 145th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (146th in leap years). ... 1964 (MCMLXIV) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1964 calendar). ... Duvalier can refer to one of the following: Haitian Presidents: Francois Duvalier aka Papa Doc Jean-Claude Duvalier aka Baby Doc This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... A family dictatorship is a form of dictatorship that operates much like an absolute monarchy, yet occurs in a nominally republican state. ...


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Flag of Haiti - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (165 words)
The flag of Haiti was adopted on February 25, 1986.
The red and blue flag is said to have been first created during the country's revolution against the French; the rebels removed the white stripe from the French tricolore and used that as their flag, only with the stripes flown horizontally instead of vertically, as in the French flag.
At the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, it was found that Haiti and Liechtenstein were using the same flag, which led to a crown being added to the Flag of Liechtenstein.
Haiti - MSN Encarta (919 words)
Haiti, independent country in the West Indies, occupying the western third of the island of Hispaniola in the Caribbean Sea.
Haiti is bounded on the north by the Atlantic Ocean, on the east by the Dominican Republic, on the south by the Caribbean Sea, and on the west by the Windward Passage, a channel that separates the country from Cuba.
Haiti’s large population and the degree of deforestation already present seem to preclude the reestablishment of wildlife, although the climate would be hospitable to any tropical plants or animals.
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