{"id":1606,"date":"2021-01-04T17:18:15","date_gmt":"2021-01-04T14:18:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flags-world.com\/en\/flag-of-martinique\/"},"modified":"2021-09-21T22:07:52","modified_gmt":"2021-09-21T19:07:52","slug":"flag-of-martinique","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flags-world.com\/en\/flag-of-martinique\/","title":{"rendered":"Flag of Martinique: meaning and picture"},"content":{"rendered":"

Martinique – Caribbean Peninsula, from a long time belonging to France, was able to preserve a feature – his informal flag is considered one of the most inimitable in the world.<\/p>\n

So the modern flag of Martinique looks:<\/p>\n

\"Martinique<\/span><\/p>\n

History flag of Martinique<\/h2>\n

The official flag of Martinique, one of the overseas territories of France, located in the Caribbean, is the French Tricolor<\/a>. But not he, but another sign of the country, considered historical. He was adopted in the 2nd half of the 60s of the XVIII century. Like a marine Vympel of countries.<\/p>\n

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From 1664 peninsula has a colony, and since 1946 has the status of the France’s overseas department.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Description<\/h2>\n

It is a cross on a monophonic background that crushes the background to four equal parts, in each of which a snake is located, which resembles a beak.<\/p>\n

Colors of flag of Martinique<\/h2>\n

Blue and white.<\/p>\n

Meaning colors of the flag of Martinique<\/h2>\n

The reason for the introduction of colors is not exactly clear, based on this, they should be interpreted, based on the basic laws of Heraldry.<\/p>\n

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  1. Blue – love for dedication, devotion, and greatness, and a symbol of huge water, in which territory is.<\/li>\n
  2. White – clean and nobility.<\/li>\n
  3. Letter L – from the title of Saint Lucia – from this island until 1803 was managed by Martinique.<\/li>\n
  4. Residents are confident that snakes – the image of the rattles of snakes inhabiting these parts.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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    The symbol made by a couple of centuries ago, unlike others, than and attractive for many connoisseurs and connoisseurs Venxillology – sciences about flags.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

    Non-specialized information about Martinique<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
    Official language<\/td>\nFrench (official), proud-spoken language based on French and African languages \u200b\u200bwith borrowings from English, Spanish and Portuguese.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Capital<\/td>\nFOR-DE FRANS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Territory<\/td>\n1128 km2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Population<\/td>\n392 291 people<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Currency<\/td>\nEuro<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Telephone code<\/td>\n596<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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