God save our Solomon Islands from shore to shore.
Bless all her people and her Lands
With Your protecting hands.
Joy, Peace, Progress and Prosperity;
That men should brothers be, make nations see.
Our Solomon Islands, Our Solomon Islands,
Our Nation, Solomon Islands,
Stands for evermore.
Flag History | the stars originally represented the five districts of the ocuntry, but in 1982 when the country was divided into seven provinces, it was decided that the stars would instead symbolize the five main groups of islands. Yellow stands for the sun, the blue for water and the green in for lands, its trees and food crops. |
Flag Date of Adoption | 18 November 1977 |
Flag Symbolism | divided diagonally by a thin yellow stripe from the lower hoist-side corner; the upper triangle (hoist side) is blue with five white five-pointed stars arranged in an X pattern; the lower triangle is green |
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