Flag of Bonaire
Locally Boneiru
What the flag looks like
A small yellow triangle in the upper hoist and a large blue triangle in the lower fly, separated by a broad white diagonal band holding a black compass ring with a red six-pointed star inside.
What it means
Yellow is the sun, white the sky and blue the sea; the compass recalls the islanders' seafaring skill, and the six points of the red star stand for Bonaire's six original villages.
How to remember it
Bonaire
is a sailor's compass with a red star in it, steering diagonally between a yellow sun corner and a blue sea.
Fun facts
- The red star's six points stand for the six original villages of Antriol, Nikiboko, Nort Saliña, Playa, Rincon and Tera Korá.
- Bonaire is one of the few places in the Caribbean where flamingos breed, at the Pekelmeer salt pans in the south.
Bonaire at a glance
- Status
- Special municipality of the Netherlands
- Sovereign state
- Kingdom of the Netherlands
- Capital
- Kralendijk
- Region
- Special municipality of the Netherlands
- Population
- 26,552
- Area
- 288 km²
- Languages
- Papiamentu, Dutch
- Currency
- United States dollar ($)
- Flag adopted
- 1981