Flag of the Federated States of Micronesia 459210 224650671 2008-07-09T20:32:32Z VolkovBot 3035831 robot Adding: [[bg:Национално знаме на Микронезия (държава)]] [[Image:Flag of Micronesia.svg|thumb|250px|right|[[Image:FIAV 110110.svg|23px]] Flag ratio: 10:19]] [[Image:Flag of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands.svg|right|thumb|250px|{{FIAV|historical}} Flag of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands; was used in the FSM 1965 - 1978]] [[Image:Flag of the United Nations.svg|right|thumb|250px|{{FIAV|historical}} The flag of the United Nations was used in the FSM from 1947 - 1965]] [[Image:Flag of the United States.svg|right|thumb|250px|{{FIAV|historical}} The flag of the United States was used in the FSM from 1944 - 1986]] The '''flag of the [[Federated States of Micronesia]]''' (FSM) was adopted on [[November 10]], [[1979]]. The blue field represents the [[Pacific Ocean]], while the four stars represent the four island groups in the federation: [[Chuuk]], [[Pohnpei]], [[Kosrae]] and [[Yap]]. A similar design with six stars was in use from [[1965]] for the [[flag of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands]], the extra stars representing [[Palau]], the [[Marshall Islands]] and [[Northern Mariana]], which chose not to participate in the Federation. (Kosrae was then part of Pohnpei so both were represented by one star.) The flag, adopted in 1978, is in the colors of the UN flag. The light blue also represents the Pacific Ocean. In an echo of US practice, the stars represent the 4 islands, arranged like the points of the compass. <br clear=all> {{Oceania topic|Flag of|title=[[Flags of Oceania]]}} {{nationalflags}} [[Category:National flags|Micronesia, Federated States of]] [[Category:National symbols of the Federated States of Micronesia]] {{flag-stub}} [[bs:Zastava Saveznih Država Mikronezije]] [[bg:Национално знаме на Микронезия (държава)]] [[ca:Bandera dels Estats Federats de Micronèsia]] [[de:Flagge Mikronesiens]] [[et:Mikroneesia lipp]] [[el:Σημαία των Ομόσπονδων Πολιτειών της Μικρονησίας]] [[es:Bandera de los Estados Federados de Micronesia]] [[fr:Drapeau des États fédérés de Micronésie]] [[hr:Zastava Saveznih Država Mikronezije]] [[bpy:মাইক্রোনেশিয়া তিলপারাষ্ট্রর ফিরালহান]] [[id:Bendera Federasi Mikronesia]] [[it:Bandiera degli Stati Federati di Micronesia]] [[he:דגל מיקרונזיה]] [[lt:Mikronezijos vėliava]] [[hu:Mikronézia zászlaja]] [[nl:Vlag van Micronesia]] [[ja:ミクロネシア連邦の国旗]] [[pl:Flaga Mikronezji]] [[pt:Bandeira dos Estados Federados da Micronésia]] [[ru:Флаг Федеративных Штатов Микронезии]] [[fi:Mikronesian lippu]] [[sv:Mikronesiens federerade staters flagga]] [[zh:密克罗尼西亚联邦国旗]]