Bahamas Flag
The flag history of the Bahamas is not so long, as the Bahamas was under the monarchy of British and it was one of many colonies of British Empire. As it was under the British monarchy throughout therefore there was not that much changes or variations occurred in the Bahamas flag. There is not any blood-shed seen in the Bahamas flag history. Before the independence from British monarchy since 1783, the flag of Bahamas was changed in the current flag of the Bahamas. The Bahamas flag in the British rule contained a union jack which represents the British kingdom in Bahamas. In 1973, Bahamas become an independent country and gained independence from British monarchy but it was still a member of commonwealth nations.
When the Bahamas gained independence form British monarchy at that time the current Bahamas flag became a Bahamas national flag on 10th of July 1973. The Bahamas flag was approved by the coat of arms, two years before the Bahamas independence, on 7th of December 1971.
The first design of the Bahamian flag was little bit change in the respect of colors adjustment. Colors of the Bahamian flag was arranged in different order, means there was two strips of yellow colors at the outer portion while the aqua blue color strip was in the middle. But later on this color adjustment was refused and the current color adjustment was approved.
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The description of the Bahamian flag is not that much complicated; Bahamians flag is made in the proportion of 1:2. The question is what are the colors of the Bahamas flag? So there are three colors on the Bahamas flag. There are three horizontal strips and a horizontal triangle present on the flag of the Bahamas. The three horizontal strips on the flag of the Bahamas have two colors; Yellow and Aqua Blue. The first strip is of Aqua Blue color, second strip is of Yellow color, and the last strip of the Bahamian flag is again Aqua Blue. All the strips are of equal width. There is black colored horizontal triangle on the left side of the Bahamas flag. The triangle is facing towards the color Bahamas flag strips and back is towards the starting point of the Bahamas flag. The triangle point is within the yellow color Bahamas flag strip.
The meaning of the Bahamian flags is also not complicated. The triangle of black color on the Bahamian flags depicts the union of the Bahamian people, who belongs to the African race. While the two aqua blue strips at the bottom and top of the right side of the Bahamian flags depict the Bahamas island ocean water: Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea. While the yellow color strip in the middle of the blue color strips depict the 700 islands of the Bahamian’s golden sand. The aqua blue color strips of the Bahamas flag also depict the shades of the golden 700 island’s sand.
There are other four Bahamian flags except the Bahamas national flag which are; civil ensign Bahamas flag, navel ensign Bahamas flag, civil jack Bahamas flag and colonial flag of Bahamas. The design of all these Bahamas flags are different then the Bahamas national flag.
The pictures of the Bahamas flag are easily downloaded from internet, along with a picture of the Bahamas flag other then the national flag. Bahamian flag pictures, animated or static, are available on internet along with maps and detail information of the geographical area of the Bahamas.
