Flag of Saba
What the flag looks like
A white diamond touching the middle of each edge, with a yellow five-pointed star at its center; the two top corners are red and the two bottom corners blue.
What it means
Red, white and blue show Saba's ties to the Netherlands; red also stands for courage, unity and strength, white for peace, blue for the sea, and the yellow star for the island itself.
How to remember it
Saba
is the Dutch red, white and blue folded into a diamond, with a single gold star in the middle and nothing else.
Fun facts
- The design was chosen in 1985 from about 130 entries and was the work of 18-year-old islander Edmond Johnson.
- Saba's Mount Scenery, at 870 m, is the highest point in the whole Kingdom of the Netherlands.
Saba at a glance
- Status
- Special municipality of the Netherlands
- Sovereign state
- Kingdom of the Netherlands
- Capital
- The Bottom
- Region
- Special municipality of the Netherlands
- Population
- 2,158
- Area
- 13 km²
- Languages
- English, Dutch
- Currency
- United States dollar ($)
- Flag adopted
- 1985
Flags often confused with Saba
- Sint Eustatius: Saba and Sint Eustatius are neighbouring Dutch islands whose flags both have a white diamond with a gold star. Saba's corners are plain red and blue triangles; Sint Eustatius has blue panels outlined in red and a green island map in the diamond.