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This article is about the flag of a special municipality of the Netherlands. For the flag of the Malaysian state, see Flag of Sabah.

National flag of Saba

Saba


Use	National flag
Proportion	2:3
Adopted	6 December 1985; 39 years ago (1985-12-06)
Design	Two equal red triangles at the top and two equal blue triangles at the bottom, with a white diamond with yellow star in the middle.
Designed by	Edmond Daniel Johnson

The flag of Saba (Dutch: vlag van Saba) was adopted on 6 December 1985 (national day of the island). 130 different designs were presented to the commission. The chosen flag was designed by an 18-year-old Saban named Edmond Daniel Johnson.

Saba accepted Dutch sovereignty after 1816 and used the Dutch flag. However, since some islanders considered Saba a "republic", they added a special symbol – a green cabbage — to emphasize their independence, and this symbol was used probably until about the 1920s.

The flag has two equal red triangles at the top and two equal blue triangles at the bottom, with a white diamond with yellow star in the middle. This colour was chosen to symbolise the island's wealth and hope for a good future. The star represents the island; the colours red, white and blue symbolise the link with the Netherlands. Red also symbolises courage, unity and strength; white peace and blue the sea.

Notes

^ Jaume Olle. "Dutch Antilles". Electronical Bulletin of Vexillology from Catalonia. Archived from the original on 2 June 2013.

v t e Saba (island)
	Populated places	St. Johns The Bottom Windwardside Zion's Hill
	Other locations	Cove Bay Flat Point Green Island Holy Rosary Church Ladder Bay Mount Scenery Saba Bank Saba National Marine Park Sacred Heart Church St. Paul's Conversion Church Tide Pools Well's Bay
	Transport	Fort Bay Juancho E. Yrausquin Airport The Road
	Education	Saba Comprehensive School Saba University School of Medicine
	Heraldry	Flag Coat of arms National anthem
	Culture	Saba Conservation Foundation Saba lace

v t e Flags within the Kingdom of the Netherlands
Kingdom	Royal flags
Countries	Aruba Curaçao Netherlands Sint Maarten
Provinces	Drenthe Flevoland Friesland Gelderland Groningen Limburg North Brabant North Holland Overijssel South Holland Utrecht Zeeland
Public bodies	Bonaire Saba Sint Eustatius
Municipalities	Amsterdam Eindhoven Groningen Maastricht Rotterdam Scheveningen The Hague Utrecht Weert
Regions	Frisia
Historical	Netherlands Antilles Netherlands New Guinea Dutch Brazil Dutch Suriname Prince's Flag Statenvlag Batavian flag Dutch East India Company Dutch East Indies

v t e Flags of North America
Sovereign states	Antigua and Barbuda Bahamas Barbados Belize Canada Costa Rica Cuba Dominica Dominican Republic El Salvador Grenada Guatemala Haiti Honduras Jamaica Mexico Nicaragua Panama Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Trinidad and Tobago United States
Dependencies and other territories	Anguilla Aruba Bermuda Bonaire British Virgin Islands Cayman Islands Curaçao Greenland Guadeloupe Martinique Montserrat Puerto Rico Saint Barthélemy Saint Martin Saint Pierre and Miquelon Saba Sint Eustatius Sint Maarten Turks and Caicos Islands United States Virgin Islands

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