Flag of Cuba

Republic of Cuba

Use	National flag and ensign
Proportion	1:2
Adopted	May 20, 1902
Design	Five horizontal stripes of blue alternate with white with the red equilateral triangle based on the hoist-side bearing the white five-pointed star in the center.
Designed by	Narciso López and Miguel Teurbe Tolon

The national flag of Cuba (Template:Lang-es) consists of five alternating stripes (three blue and two white) and a red equilateral triangle at the hoist, within which is a white five-pointed star. It was designed in 1849 and officially adopted May 20, 1902.

It is one of the two flags of a currently socialist country (the other being Laos) that does not use any communist symbolism.

History

Past

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Specifications

The Cuban flag is at a length-to-width ratio of 2:1. The blue and white alternating stripes are of equal width. The red chevron is in the shape of an equilateral triangle that does not extend to the middle of the flag. The star within the chevron has a radius that is 3⁄20 the length of the hoist. Its middle is halfway up the flag.

Other flags

• 
  Flag of New Spain (1521-1821). Cuba was part of New Spain until 1821.
• 
  Flag of Spanish America (1785-1898)
• 
  Flag of First Spanish Republic, Cuba, and Spain (1873-1874)
• 
  Flag of the First Republic of Cuba (1902-1906) (1909-1959)
• Official flag of Guantanamo Bay Naval Base on Cuba
  Official flag of Guantanamo Bay Naval Base on Cuba
• 
  Party flag of the Movimiento 26 de Julio
• 
  Naval Jack of Cuba, a.k.a. Flag of Yara or Flag of La Demajagua
• 
  Standard of the Prime Minister of Cuba (1959–1976)
• 
  Standard of the President of Cuba

See also

• Coat of arms of Cuba
• Cuban trogon (Tocororo)

External links

• Cuba at Flags of the World
• Cuba Flags—A historical insight into the flag and emblems of Cuba
• The Flag of Cuba on flagscorner.com