| Sint Eustatius | |
| Use: | 111000 |
| Proportion: | 2:3 |
| Design: | Four colours blue, red, white, gold and green, and divided in four five-sided blue polygons, each fimbriated red. In its centre is a diamond-form white field; in the diamond is the silhouette of the island in green. In the centre in the top of the diamond is a five-pointed golden/yellow star. |
| Designer: | Zuwena Suares |
The flag of the Caribbean Netherlands island of Sint Eustatius (Statia) consists of a blue field, red fimbriations, and in the center, a white diamond with a silhouette of the island. The flag was designed by Zuwena Suares[1] and adopted on 29 July 2004[2] to be put into use on 16 November of that year (Statia Day). Since 2010, it has been the official flag of the special municipality of Sint Eustatius.[2]
The flag is rectangular with the colors blue, red, white, gold and green, and divided in four five-sided blue polygons, each fimbriated red.[1] [3] In its center is a diamond-form white field; in the diamond is the silhouette of the island in green.[1] In the center in the top of the diamond is a five-pointed golden/yellow star.[1]
The colours of the flag each have their own meaning.[1] The gold star represents unity, the four blue polygons represent the ocean that surrounds St. Eustasius, the Green shows the Quill, the red represents the Delonix regia, a flamboyant tree which was used by slaves to celebrate Emancipation Day, the white diamond in the center represents a once diamond water fall which is referred to in the national anthem, "Golden Rock".[1]
