Tuamotu Historical Flags (French Polynesia)

Last modified: 2001-09-08 by santiago dotor
Keywords: french polynesia | historical | tuamotu | stars: 8 (red) | stars: 16 (blue) |
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• Tuamotu Kingdom 1832-1843
• Tuamotu Kingdom since 1975

See also:

• Historical Flags (Introduction)
• French Polynesia

3:5
by Ivan Sache

Horizontally divided, red-white-red with a vertical blue stripe along the hoist and a row of eight red stars in the white stripe (3:5). Source: Flags of Paradise 1996.

Ivan Sache, 19 August 1998

2:3
by Ivan Sache
Flag adopted 1975

Horizontally divided, red-white-red with a vertical blue stripe along the hoist and two superposed rows of eight red stars each in the white stripe (3:2). Source: Flags of Paradise 1996.

Ivan Sache, 19 August 1998

The info about Tuamotu I believe that currently is doubtful yet. The Kingdom flag is exactly the reported one, but the unofficial flag after 1975 I'm not sure of because Banderas reported the flag with 24 stars; Vexillinfo with 12 stars; Flags of Paradise 1996 reported 16 stars; and Vexillinfo reported also a flag with 8 stars in line (like the old flag of the kingdom, but blue stars). The flag with 16 stars is reported under the label of Matahiea (perhaps a native name or political name) and is asociated hipotetically with Matahiva.

Jaume Ollé, 23 August 1998

In the Flags of Aspirant Peoples chart appears "177. Tuamotu Islands - Subdivision, French Polynesia". Similar to the historical Tuamotu flag, but with proportions 1:2. The latter comes from the Flags of Paradise 1996 chart, companion of the Flags of Aspirant Peoples chart, so two releases of the same origin show two different proportions!

Ivan Sache, 17 September 1999

Saquet 1998 says about this flag:

Recent flag of 1975, this flag flies above many town-halls of the Tuamotu achipelago, except of Anaa, birthplace of the Pomare royal family. The 16 stars placed on the white stripe represent the 16 municipalities of the archipelago.

Gunter Zibell, translated by Pascal Gross, 25 January 2001