Flag of Sint Maarten
What the flag looks like
Two equal horizontal bands of red over blue, with a white triangle at the hoist bearing the coat of arms under a rising sun and a pelican.
What it means
Red, white and blue are the colors of the Netherlands; the arms show the courthouse in Philipsburg, the yellow sage flower and the monument to Dutch-French friendship on the island.
How to remember it
Sint Maarten
is the Philippines
flipped, red on top, blue below, and a coat of arms with a pelican in the white triangle instead of a golden sun and stars.
Fun facts
- The island of Saint Martin is shared with France: Dutch Sint Maarten in the south and the French Collectivity of Saint-Martin in the north.
- The motto on the coat of arms is Semper pro grediens, "always progressing".
Sint Maarten at a glance
- Status
- Constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
- Sovereign state
- Kingdom of the Netherlands
- Capital
- Philipsburg
- Region
- Constituent country of the Netherlands
- Population
- 42,000
- Area
- 34 km²
- Languages
- Dutch, English
- Currency
- Caribbean guilder (Cg)
- Flag adopted
- 1985
Flags often confused with Sint Maarten
- Philippines: The Philippines and Sint Maarten both have two horizontal bands of blue and red with a white triangle at the hoist. The Philippines has blue on top with a gold sun and three stars; Sint Maarten has red on top with a coat of arms and pelican.