What does the yellow line represent?
The Equator, which passes near Nauru.
Flag of Nauru
Nauru’s flag has a yellow equatorial line and a white 12-point star on a dark blue field.
Current flag
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Nauru
Flag facts
Flag design
The flag has 3 horizontal bands from top to bottom: blue · yellow · blue.
- Layout
- Horizontal bands
- Number of bands
- 3
- Details
- Unequal-width bands
- Symbols
- Star – Hoist side
- Colours
- Blue, yellow, and white
Flag of Nauru
The horizontal yellow line marks the Equator, which passes near Nauru. The star sits below the line toward the hoist. Nauru’s government says its twelve points represent the island’s twelve tribes.
The dark blue field refers to the Pacific Ocean in the government’s description. The flag was adopted when Nauru became independent on 31 January 1968.
Frequently asked questions
What do the star’s points represent?
Nauru’s twelve tribes.
When was the flag adopted?
31 January 1968, at independence.
Country facts
- Type
- Country
- Name
- Nauru
- Continent
- Oceania
- Capital
- Yaren
- ISO 3166-1 alpha-2
- NR
- ISO 3166-1 alpha-3
- NRU
- ISO 3166-1 numeric
- 520
- Top-level domain
- .nr
- Area
- 21 km²
- Population
- 12,025 (2025)
- Currency
- AUD
- Calling code
- +674
Historical flags: Nauru (1888–)
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