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Koror
Proportion3:5
Adopted25 July 1997
DesignA dark blue field with a crescent moon, seven stars and a bai[a] on top of ten stones

The flag of Koror was approved on 10 July 1997 by Ibedul Gibbons and was officially adopted on 25 July 1997.[1]

Description

A bai in Koror

The blue background represents the ocean and the golden moon represents the new government.[2] The six stars represent the six hamlets of Koror State with the larger star in the middle representing the union of the NgaraMeketii and RubekulKeldeu.[2] The traditional house is on a foundation of ten stones symbolic of the ten traditional chiefs.[3]

Notes

  1. ^ A village meeting house.[4]

References

  1. ^ "FIFTH KOROR STATE LEGISLATURE FOURTH REGULAR SESSION, JANUARY - JUNE 1997" (PDF). Retrieved 15 July 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Facts About The Koror State Flag". Koror State Government. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
  3. ^ "Koror, Palau". CRW Flags. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
  4. ^ "Bai/Abai". Palauan Language Online. Retrieved 15 July 2021.