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 National flag. Flag Ratio: 1:2
National flag. Flag Ratio: 1:2
 Civil ensign. Flag Ratio: 1:2
Civil ensign. Flag Ratio: 1:2
 Naval ensign. Flag Ratio: 1:2
Naval ensign. Flag Ratio: 1:2
Colonial Flag of Bahamas
Colonial Flag of Bahamas

The flag of The Bahamas has an approximately 1:2 aspect ratio. The black triangle on the left represents the unity of the 300,000 people of The Bahamas, who are primarily of African descent. To the right of the triangle, the blue stripes at the top and bottom of the flag represent the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean, and the gold stripe in the middle represents the sun and sand between them: the sandy shores of the Bahamian islands. The flag was adopted on July 10, 1973. Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Bahamas. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Bahamas. ... Image File history File links FIAV_111000. ... Image File history File links Civil_Ensign_of_the_Bahamas. ... Image File history File links Civil_Ensign_of_the_Bahamas. ... Image File history File links FIAV_000100. ... Image File history File links Naval_Ensign_of_the_Bahamas. ... Image File history File links Naval_Ensign_of_the_Bahamas. ... Image File history File links FIAV_000001. ... Image File history File links Bahamasflag. ... Image File history File links Bahamasflag. ... Africa is the worlds second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia. ... Map of Central America and the Caribbean The Caribbean (pronounced or ) Sea is a tropical sea in the Western Hemisphere, part of the Atlantic Ocean, southeast of the Gulf of Mexico. ... Patterns in the sand Sand is an example of a class of materials called granular matter. ... July 10 is the 191st day (192nd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 174 days remaining. ... 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday. ...


The civil ensign is a red ensign with a white cross throughout and the national flag in the upper-hoist corner; the naval ensign is a white ensign with the same canton.
The civil ensign (a. ... The Red Ensign, as currently used by the United Kingdoms Merchant Navy The Red Ensign is a flag that originated in the early 1600s as an ensign flown by the Royal Navy. ... A naval ensign is the flag used by a countrys navy on their ships. ... The White Ensign. ... The design and description of flags typically uses specialised flag terminology with precise and technical meanings (a form of jargon). ...

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A national flag is a flag that symbolises a country and that can usually be flown by citizens of that country. ... A modern coat of arms is derived from the medi val practice of painting designs onto the shield and outer clothing of knights to enable them to be identified in battle, and later in tournaments. ... This gallery of sovereign state flags shows the flags of sovereign states in the list of sovereign states. ... This gallery of sovereign state coats of arms shows the coat of arms of sovereign states in the list of sovereign states. ... This overview contains the flags of dependent territories. ... This overview contains the flags of self-proclaimed states that have declared their independence, exert control over (at least part of) the claimed territory and population, but have not been acknowledged as independent states by the international community at large. ... This overview shows the coat of arms of dependent territories. ... This overview contains the coats of arms of self-proclaimed states that have declared their independence, exert control over (at least part of) the claimed territory and population, but have not been acknowledged as independent states by the international community at large. ...

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The Bahamas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (1853 words)
The Commonwealth of The Bahamas is an independent English-speaking nation in the West Indies.
An archipelago of 700 islands and cays (which are small islands), the Bahamas is located in the Atlantic Ocean, east of Florida in the United States, north of Cuba and the Caribbean, and northwest of the British dependency of the Turks and Caicos Islands.
The climate of the Bahamas is subtropical to tropical, and is moderated significantly by the waters of the Gulf Stream, particularly in winter.
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