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- Capital
- Havana
- Continent
- North America
- Flag adopted
- 1902
- Designer
- Not individually credited
Cuba
Colors and meaning
Blue #002A8F
The island's three historic administrative regions, one per stripe
White #FFFFFF
The purity of the independence cause
Red #CB1515
Blood shed in the wars against Spanish rule
Symbolism and history
A red triangle bearing a single white star sits beside five alternating blue-and-white bands, designed in 1849 by exiled Cuban independence supporters in New York and only formally adopted after independence in 1902.
No documented visual overlap
Cuba’s design isn’t a close visual match for any other current national flag. A few more flags from North America, for browsing:
Further reading: Flag of Cuba on Wikipedia