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- Flag_of_Kiribati abstract "The flag of Kiribati is red in the upper half with a gold frigatebird (Fregata minor, in Gilbertese: te eitei) flying over a gold rising sun (otintaai), and the lower half is blue with three horizontal wavy white stripes to represent the ocean and the three groups (Gilbert, Phoenix and Line Islands). The 17 rays of the sun represent the 16 Gilbert Islands and Banaba (former Ocean Island).The badge was designed by Sir Arthur Grimble in 1932 for the Gilbert and Ellice Islands British colony.Kiribati's flag is an armorial banner, a flag having a design corresponding exactly to that of the shield in the coat of arms.The coat of arms dates back to May 1937 when it was granted to the Gilbert and Ellice Islands, as Kiribati and Tuvalu were then known. The shield was incorporated into the centre of the fly half of a British Blue Ensign as the state ensign of the colony.Shortly before independence was granted in 1979, a local competition was held to choose a new national flag, and a design based on the colonial coat of arms was submitted to the College of Arms. The College of Arms decided to modify this design. Both the golden frigatebird and the sun were enlarged to occupy more of the top of the flag, and the width of the blue and white wavy bands was reduced. The local people, however, insisted on the original design, in which the top and bottom halves of the flag were equal, the sun and local frigate bird small, and the various design elements outlined in black. The new flag was hoisted during the independence day celebrations in the capital, Tarawa, on July 12, 1979.The frigatebird symbolises command of the sea, power, freedom and Kiribati cultural dance patterns, the blue and white wavy bands represent the Pacific Ocean, which surrounds Kiribati and the sun refers to Kiribati's position astride the Equator.The flag bears a very slight resemblance to the flag of the Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic, as well as to the flag of British Columbia, and the flag of the Company of Scotland.".
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- Flag_of_Kiribati wikiPageWikiLink Flag_of_the_Latvian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic.
- Flag_of_Kiribati wikiPageWikiLink Flags_of_Oceania.
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- Flag_of_Kiribati wikiPageWikiLink Gilbert_Islands.
- Flag_of_Kiribati wikiPageWikiLink Gilbert_and_Ellice_Islands.
- Flag_of_Kiribati wikiPageWikiLink Gilbertese_language.
- Flag_of_Kiribati wikiPageWikiLink Kiribati.
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- Flag_of_Kiribati wikiPageWikiLink Ocean.
- Flag_of_Kiribati wikiPageWikiLink Pacific_Ocean.
- Flag_of_Kiribati wikiPageWikiLink Phoenix_Islands.
- Flag_of_Kiribati wikiPageWikiLink Tarawa.
- Flag_of_Kiribati wikiPageWikiLink Tuvalu.
- Flag_of_Kiribati wikiPageWikiLinkText "Flag of Gillbert and Ellice Islands".
- Flag_of_Kiribati wikiPageWikiLinkText "Flag of Kiribati".
- Flag_of_Kiribati wikiPageWikiLinkText "Kiribati".
- Flag_of_Kiribati wikiPageWikiLinkText "flag of Kiribati".
- Flag_of_Kiribati adoption "1979-07-12".
- Flag_of_Kiribati adoption "May 1937".
- Flag_of_Kiribati design "A horizontal bicolor of red with a yellow frigatebird flying over a rising sun with 19 straight and wavy rays; and blue with three horizontal wavy white stripes.".
- Flag_of_Kiribati image "Flag of Gilbert and Ellice Islands.svg".
- Flag_of_Kiribati name "Kiribati".
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- Flag_of_Kiribati use "historical".
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- Flag_of_Kiribati subject Category:1979_introductions.
- Flag_of_Kiribati subject Category:Flags_adopted_through_competition.
- Flag_of_Kiribati subject Category:National_flags.
- Flag_of_Kiribati subject Category:National_symbols_of_Kiribati.
- Flag_of_Kiribati type Competition.
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- Flag_of_Kiribati comment "The flag of Kiribati is red in the upper half with a gold frigatebird (Fregata minor, in Gilbertese: te eitei) flying over a gold rising sun (otintaai), and the lower half is blue with three horizontal wavy white stripes to represent the ocean and the three groups (Gilbert, Phoenix and Line Islands).".
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