District Flags (Vanuatu)

Last modified: 2001-09-08 by santiago dotor
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• Introduction
• Ambae-Maewo District (Aoba and Maewo islands)
• Ambryn District (Ambryn island)
• Banks-Torres District (Banks Islands, Torres Islands and Rowa Islands)
• Efate District (Éfaté and other minor islands)
• Epi District (Epi and other minor islands)
• Malakula District (Malakula island)
• Paama District (Paama and Lopévi islands)
• Pentecost District (Pentecost island)
• Santo-Malo District (Espiritu Santo, Malo and other minor islands)
• Tafea District (Tanna, Anatom, Futuna, Erromango, Aniwa and other minor islands)
• Tongoa-Shepherds District (Tongoa, Émaé and other minor islands)

See also:

• Nation of Tanna
• Tafea Nation
• Vanuatu

Other sites:

• Vanuatu 1989 Districts and Islands Map (165 kB) (Texas University's Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection)
• Vanuatu 1998 Districts and Islands Map (258 kB) (Texas University's Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection)

Vanuatu Districts' flags, according to Flags of Paradise 1996. Unfortunately, I have very few information about these flags. The only thing I can add to the image is that all of them are from circa 1983. I know that a book about Vanuatu flags was edited in the past, maybe there is more information there book than on the flag chart I used.

Pascal Gross, 7 October 1998

Aoba and Maewo islands

by Pascal Gross

Ambryn island

by Pascal Gross

Banks Islands, Torres Islands and Rowa Islands

by Pascal Gross

Éfaté and other minor islands

by Pascal Gross

Epi and other minor islands

by Pascal Gross

Malakula island

by Pascal Gross

Paama and Lopévi islands

by Pascal Gross

Pentecost island

by Pascal Gross

Espiritu Santo, Malo and other minor islands

by Pascal Gross

The flag in the canton of the Santo Malo District is at odds with all others I have been able to locate. Most images show a single member gold [yellow] "Y" in the center. However, the canton of Santo Malo has a "split yellow Y". Does any one know why? Is this just a variation? Did the flag chart have a printing error?

C. Eugene Baldwin, 17 October 1998

While drawing this flag, I also noticed the difference with the Vanuatu original flag but thought this was deliberate. After having sent the image to the list I took a look at the flag chart and I noticed that the flag of Vanuatu also has the "split Y". Can people who have other sources for these flags confirm which version is the right one so that I can correct the image posted?

Pascal Gross, 18 October 1998

Tanna, Anatom, Futuna, Erromango, Aniwa and other minor islands

by Pascal Gross

Tongoa, Émaé and other minor islands

by Pascal Gross