Introduction
The flag of Sint Maarten has a white triangle at the hoist carrying the coat of arms, with bands of cherry red above and navy blue below.
It is the Dutch half of an island shared with French Saint Martin, and the only inhabited land border the Netherlands and France have with each other.
Meaning & Symbolism
The arms in the triangle show the courthouse of Philipsburg, a monument marking the 1648 treaty that divided the island, and an orange-yellow sage flower. Above them sits a rising sun and a pelican in flight.
The motto on the scroll reads Semper pro grediens, always progressing.
History of the Sint Maarten Flag
Christopher Columbus sighted the island on 11 November 1493, Saint Martin day, on his second voyage, which is where the name comes from.
The flag was adopted on 13 June 1985, soon after the territory received its arms. Since the dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles on 10 October 2010 it has been the sole flag of Sint Maarten as a constituent country.
Curiosities
- The island is split between the Netherlands and France, which is the only place the two countries share a land border.
- Columbus sighted it on Saint Martin day, 11 November 1493, and the name stuck.
- The arms include the monument to the 1648 treaty that divided the island in the first place.
- The motto is Semper pro grediens, always progressing.
- The flag was adopted in 1985 but only became the flag of a country in its own right in 2010.
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