Flag of Tuvalu

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The national flag of Tuvalu is a light blue field with the Union Jack in the canton and nine yellow five-pointed stars on the fly (right) half of the flag. The nine stars represent the nine islands of Tuvalu, while the Union Jack symbolises the country's connections to the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth. The flag was originally adopted on 1 October 1978, the day Tuvalu became independent. From 1937 to 1975, Tuvalu flew the Blue Ensign of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands, which it was a part of. Tuvalu had its own Blue Ensign from 3 December 1976 to 1 October 1978, when it was a colony in its own right. On 1 October 1995, the government of Prime Minister Kamuta Latasi introduced a new flag in a move towards republicanism. However, the subsequent government under Prime Minister Bikenibeu Paeniu restored the flag adopted at independence on 11 April 1997.

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