Flag of Suriname
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[[Image:Flag of Suriname.svg|thumb|250px|right|[[Image:FIAV 111111.svg|23px]] Flag ratio: 2:3]]
[[Image:Flag of Dutch Guyana.svg|thumb|250px|right|Flag of Dutch Guyana (Suriname) 1959–1975]]
[[Image:Flag of the Governor of Dutch Guyana (1966-1975).svg|thumb|250px|right|Flag of the Governor of Dutch Guyana (Suriname) 1966–1975]]
The '''[[Flag]] of [[Suriname]]''' is formed by five horizontal bands of green (top, double width), white, red (quadruple width), white, and green (double width). There is a large, yellow, five-pointed star centered in the red band.
The flag was adopted on [[November 25]], [[1975]], upon the independence of Suriname. The star represents the unity of all ethnic groups, the red stripe stands for progress and love, the green for hope and fertility, and the white bands for peace and justice.
The pre-independence flag consisted of five colored stars connected by an ellipse. The colored stars represent the major ethnic groups that comprise the Surinamese population: the original Amerindians, the colonizing Europeans, the Africans brought in as slaves to work in plantations and the Hindus, Javanese and Chinese who came as indentured workers to replace the Africans who escaped slavery and settled in the hinterland. The ellipse represented the harmonious relationship amongst the groups.
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[[Category:National flags|Suriname]]
[[Category:National symbols of Suriname]]
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[[bs:Zastava Surinama]]
[[bg:Национално знаме на Суринам]]
[[cs:Surinamská vlajka]]
[[da:Surinams flag]]
[[de:Flagge Surinames]]
[[el:Σημαία του Σουρινάμ]]
[[es:Bandera de Surinam]]
[[eu:Surinamgo bandera]]
[[fr:Drapeau du Suriname]]
[[hr:Zastava Surinama]]
[[bpy:সুরিনামর ফিরালহান]]
[[id:Bendera Suriname]]
[[it:Bandiera del Suriname]]
[[he:דגל סורינאם]]
[[lt:Surinamo vėliava]]
[[hu:Suriname zászlaja]]
[[nl:Vlag van Suriname]]
[[ja:スリナムの国旗]]
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[[pl:Flaga Surinamu]]
[[pt:Bandeira do Suriname]]
[[ru:Флаг Суринама]]
[[sq:Flamuri i Surinamit]]
[[sk:Vlajka Surinamu]]
[[sr:Застава Суринама]]
[[fi:Surinamen lippu]]
[[sv:Surinams flagga]]
[[zh:蘇里南國旗]]