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![[Flag of Yap]](../images/f/fm-yap.gif)
image by Zoltan Horvath, 16 July 2024
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Yap adopted a flag on 30 May 1980, designed by John Gilinung. It was first
hoisted on 1 March 1981. It's (king's-)blue, and on the centre in a white ring
is the stylized silhouette of an indigenous boat with sail hoisted, and a "Rai"
or "Fei", the money-stone of the islands, all in white. In the centre is a five-pointed
star. The proportions have been variably reported as 3:5 and 37:70.
Mark Sensen, 23 July 1996
Jaume Ollé, 08 September 1996
Images of flag:
https://monsoondiaries.com/2024/03/02/yap/
https://myfsm.blogspot.com/2013/07/yaps-renewable-energy-development.html
Zoltan Horvath, 16 July 2024
From Yap Code, Title 1, Chapter 5
§501. Flag of the State.
The official flag of the State of Yap shall be a white star, circled by a white traditional sailing canoe, enclosed by a white circle, centered in a field of blue. The dimensions shall be as follows:
(a) The length of the flag shall be seventy inches.
(b) The width of the flag shall be thirty-seven inches.
(c) The star shall be three and one-half inches in diameter.
(d) The circle around the star shall be six inches in diameter.
(e) The circle around the canoe shall be twenty-six and one- half inches in diameter with a width of one inch.
(f) The proportions of the figures shall be as in the flag attached to and incorporated in this subchapter.
Source: YSL 1-51 §1, modified.§502. Display of the flag.
(a) The flag of the State of Yap shall be displayed in the open only from sunrise until sunset and during such hours shall be displayed only on buildings, flagstaffs, or halyards.
(b) The flag of the State of Yap shall be hoisted briskly and lowered ceremoniously.
(c) When the flag of the State of Yap is flown or displayed together with the flag of the Federated States of Micronesia on separate masts or staffs, it shall be flown or displayed at the same level.
(d) When the flag of the State of Yap is flown or displayed together with the flag of the Federated States of Micronesia on a single staff or halyard, the flag of the State of Yap shall be flown or displayed below the flag of the Federated States of Micronesia.
(e) The Governor may establish rules and procedures for the half-mast display of the flag of the State of Yap upon the death of a government or traditional leader or distinguished citizen of the State or Federated States of Micronesia, and may establish other rules and procedures for the display of the flag consistent with the provisions of this subchapter.
Source: YSL 1-51 §2, modified.§503. Desecration of the flag; penalties.
(a) A person who knowingly casts contempt upon any flag of the State of Yap by publicly mutilating, defacing, defiling, burning, or trampling upon it shall be fined not more than $100.00 or imprisoned for not more than six months, or both.
(b) The term "flag of the State of Yap" as used in this section shall include the official flag as described in section 501 of this subchapter or any reproduction thereof for official or unofficial purposes and having the same or different dimensions.
Source: YSL 1-51 §3, modified.
Cross-reference: Section 501 of this subchapter is on the flag of the State and contains a detailed description of the official State flag.
Phil Nelson, 23 February 2006
Colors:
The Album des Pavillons 2000 [pay00]
(Corr. No. 6.) gives approximate colors in Pantone and CMYK systems: Pantone
286C, CMYK 100-66-0-2
Flag Color Codes gives the following color values:
Blue: Hex # 006AA9, RGB 0-106-169, CMYK 100-37-0-34, Pantone 307 C, RAL 5015
White: Hex #FFFFFF, RGB 255-255-255, CMYK 0-0-0-0, Pantone N/A,
RAL N/A
Zoltan Horvath, 16 July 2024
![[Yap]](../images/f/fm)yap.gif)
image by Zoltan Horvath, 16 July 2024
The seal of Yap shows a Yapese stone coin and the legends STATE OF YAP
/ OFFICIAL SEAL // LAND OF STONE MONEY / MCMLXXIX.
Zoltan Horvath, 16 July 2024
![[Yap]](../images/f/fm-yap).gif)
image by Jean-Marc Merklin, 17 July 2024
The Yap Government website, made in 2011, currently uses a red/rust version
of the seal. In the 2000's there was also a black and yellow version. It seems
to me that the blue version was the first one (1980) that has been retaken
everywhere thereafter without updating.
source:
https://www.yapstate.gov.fm
Jean-Marc Merklin, 17 July 2024
![[Yap]](../images/f/fm)yap23.gif)
image by Zoltan Horvath, 16 July 2024
The most recent version, which is installed in Governor’s office, is a mix of
blue and rusty red. These pictures were taken in last year (2023):
https://www.pacom.mil/Media
https://www.facebook.com/photo
https://www.micronesia.emb-japan.go.jp
Zoltan Horvath, 16 July 2024
![[Flag of Yap]](../images/f/fm-yap-v.gif)
image located by Jens Pattke, 25 February 2017
This image was found at
http://fsm.embassy.gov.au/files/phpi/AAPS%20picture1.jpg at
http://fsm.embassy.gov.au/.
Jens Pattke, 25 February 2017
The picture caption reads: "Accredited to the Federated States of Micronesia,
the Republic of Palau, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the
Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas..."
So, from the submitted picture,
the flags are (from left to right): Republic of Marshall
Islands, Yap (Micronesia), Federated States of Micronesia.
Since everybody in the picture you send has a t-shirt that says
"Micronesia", I am certain that it is the flag of Yap State (a variant, indeed),
since it features four stars inside the circle (which I think are the four
States of the country), plus the bigger four-ray star on the hoist.
Esteban Rivera, 25 February 2017
The flag combines the flag of the participating countries. The sun as a
symbol of the Marshall Islands, the boat represents Yap and the four stars refer
to the Federated States of Micronesia.
Jens Pattke, 26 February 2017
![[Flag of Rull]](../images/f/fm-rull.jpg)
image
located by Paraskevas Renesis, 26 December 2023The flag of Rull
Municipality of Yap State can be seen at:It is purple with the emblem centered in yellow.
Paraskevas Renesis,
26 December 2023
