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Surinamese team with flag at the 2019 International Physics Olympiad in Israel Surinamese flag painted on a tree Flag of Suriname on a pole. The flag of Suriname (Dutch: Vlag van Suriname) was legally adopted on 25 November 1975, upon the independence of Suriname from the Netherlands. The flag was designed as a result of a national competition. [2]
Standard of the governor of Suriname: A white flag with the flag of the Netherlands striped across both the top and the bottom, and the flag of Suriname in the centre. 1959-1975: Flag of Suriname: A White Field with 5 five-pointed stars (black, white, brown, red and yellow) in the center.
The coat of arms of Suriname was adopted on November 25, 1975. [1] The Latin motto reads Justitia – Pietas – Fides (“Justice – Piety – Fidelity”). It consists of two indigenous men carrying a shield; a trade ship on the water representing Suriname's colonial past as a source of cash crops and its present day involvement in international commerce; the royal palm represents both the ...
The early history of Suriname dates from 3000 BCE when Native Americans first inhabited the area. The Dutch acquired Suriname from the English, and European settlement in any numbers dates from the 17th century, when it was a plantation colony utilizing slavery for sugar cultivation.
Nederlands: Vlag van Suriname van 1959 tot 1975. English: Flag of Suriname , constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands (1954-1974), from its adoption in 1959 until the achievement of independence on 25 November 1975, on which date the flag was changed to its current form .
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Each color, pattern, and design has its own specific meaning: for instance, the Philly Pride flag has two extra stripes, one black and one brown, to highlight people of color in the LGBTQ+ community.
Suriname (/ ˈ s ʊər ɪ n æ m,-n ɑː m / ⓘ SOOR-in-A(H)M, Dutch: [syːriˈnaːmə] ⓘ, Sranan Tongo: Sranan, Sarnámi Hindustáni: Sarnam, Surinamese-Javanese: Srinama), officially the Republic of Suriname (Dutch: Republiek Suriname [reːpyˈblik syːriˈnaːmə]), is a country in northern South America, sometimes considered part of the Caribbean and the West Indies.