This page lists the country subdivision flags in Oceania. It is a part of the List of country subdivision flags, which is split into continents due to its size. For purposes of this article, Oceania is taken to comprise Australasia, Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia.
The principal subdivisions are generally the ones that are identified as first-order subdivisions under the ISO 3166-2 coding scheme. If a country has no such first-order subdivisions, but has second-order subdivisions that have their own official flags, then the flags of those second-order subdivisions are given here.
This gallery includes only current official flags. For historical or non-official flags of any particular country or territory (if any), see the main article for that country or territory.
Unless indicated otherwise, information on each country has been taken from the World Factbook, as updated through July 11, 2016 (for which see the External Links section, below).[1]
Australasia
editAustralia
editAustralia comprises six states and two territories, as well as several dependant islands located in the Indian and Pacific oceans.
The official flag for each of the six states consists of the Australian national flag, but with the stars removed and replaced with the state's coat of arms.
Most of the dependent areas (sometimes called the "external territories") have no official flag of their own and instead use the Australian national flag. Three external territories do have their own official flags–Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, and Norfolk Island.
States
editTerritories
editDependent areas
editNew Zealand
editNew Zealand has sixteen first-level administrative subdivisions. Eleven of them are governed by regional authorities; the other five are governed by unitary authorities (which combine the roles of regional and territorial governance). The Chatham Islands lie outside any of the sixteen regions, but collectively possess some of the governing authority of a region. Most of these seventeen authorities have not adopted official flags.
The Realm of New Zealand includes two non-self-governing territories, one of which (Tokelau) has its own official flag. The other, the Ross Dependency, does not. It also includes the two island nations that are in free association with New Zealand–the Cook Islands and Niue. Their official flags are shown here.
Regions
editNon-self-governing territories
editNations in free association with New Zealand
editMelanesia
editFiji
editFiji is subdivided into fourteen provinces, which are loosely aggregated into four "divisions". There is also a self-governing dependency, Rotuma. None of these administrative units has adopted an official flag.
French collectivities in Melanesia
editOne of France's overseas regions is located in Melanesia. This region is New Caledonia, which is a special-status collectivity of France. It has a flag that shares its official status with that of the French tricolor.
New Caledonia
editNew Caledonia is a special-status collectivity of France, divided administratively into three provinces. Each has its own official flag.
Indonesia
editThe administration of Indonesia is divided among 38 provinces, eight of which are located in Melanesia (the others are located in Southeast Asia). The eight Melanesian provinces are Maluku, North Maluku, Central Papua, Highland Papua, Papua, South Papua, Southwest Papua, and West Papua.
Maluku Provinces
editPapua Provinces
editPapua New Guinea
editPapua New Guinea is divided into twenty provinces plus a national capital district (i.e., Port Moresby) and Bougainville, an autonomous region. Each has its own official flag.[13]
Provinces
editDistricts and autonomous regions
editSolomon Islands
editSolomon Islands is divided into ten administrative areas, of which nine are provinces administered by elected provincial assemblies and the tenth is the capital Honiara. Each has its own official flag.
Vanuatu
editVanuatu is divided administratively into six provinces. Each province has its own official flag.[14]
Micronesia
editFederated States of Micronesia
editThe Federated States of Micronesia is a federal republic that has entered into a compact of free association with the United States. It has four states, each of which has its own official flag.[15]
Guam
editGuam is a self-governing territory of the United States. It has no first-order administrative divisions.
Kiribati
editAlthough Kiribati is split geographically into three areas (the Gilbert Islands, the Line Islands and the Phoenix Islands), these geographic divisions are not used for administration. Administrative units exist at the district and island levels, but none are first-order administrative subdivisions.
Marshall Islands
editThe Marshall Islands is a federal republic that has entered into a compact of free association with the United States. There are no first-order administrative subdivisions.
Nauru
editNauru is divided into fourteen administrative districts, none of which has an official flag.
Northern Mariana Islands
editThe Northern Mariana Islands are a self-governing territory of the United States. There are no first-order administrative subdivisions.
Palau
editPalau is a republic that has entered into a compact of free association with the United States. It is composed of sixteen states, each of which has its own official flag.[16]
United States in Micronesia
editThe United States has three territories in Micronesia. Two of them (Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands) are self-governing and have their own official flags. The third (Wake Island) is not self-governing and uses the flag of the United States as its official flag.
Three Micronesian nations have entered into a compact of free association with the United States. These are the Federated States of Micronesia, the Marshall Islands and Palau.
Territories
editMicronesian nations in free association with the United States
editWake Island
editWake Island is a territory of the United States. It has no first-order administrative subdivisions.
Polynesia
editAmerican Samoa
editAmerican Samoa is a territory of the United States. It has no first-order administrative subdivisions.
Chilean territory in Polynesia
editChile has one territory in Polynesia, Isla de Pascua (also known as Easter Island). However, it is administered as a province in the country's Valparaiso region, and not as a first-order subdivision of Chile.
Cook Islands
editThe Cook Islands are a nation that is in free association with New Zealand. It has no first-order administrative subdivisions.
French collectivities in Polynesia
editThere are two French collectivities in Polynesia—French Polynesia and Wallis and Futuna. French Polynesia has a flag that shares its official status with that of the French tricolor; Wallis and Futuna does not. Also, Clipperton Island is a French territory in Polynesia, but not a collectivity. It is uninhabited and does not have its own official flag.
French Polynesia
editFrench Polynesia is an overseas collectivity of France. It consists of six archipelagos: the Austral Islands, the Gambier Islands, the Marquesas Islands, the Tuāmotu Islands, plus the Leeward Islands and the Windward Islands (the last two collectively formerly known as the Society Islands). Although French Polynesia has no first-order administrative subdivisions within the meaning of the ISO 3166-2 coding scheme, there are five second-order subdivisions that correspond to each of the archipelagos, except that the Gambier and Tuāmotu Islands are combined into a single administrative division. None of these divisions has adopted an official flag. However, a 1985 territorial decree permits the official use, alongside the French tricolour and the French Polynesian flag, of the official flag of the archipelago on which the flags are displayed.[17] Four of the archipelagos have adopted such official flags.[18] The two that have not are the Leeward Islands and the Windward Islands.
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Tuāmotu Islands[19]
Niue
editNiue is a nation that is in free association with New Zealand. It has no first-order administrative subdivisions.
Pitcairn Islands
editThe Pitcairn Islands are a territory of the United Kingdom. There are no administrative subdivisions.
Samoa
editSamoa is divided administratively into eleven districts. None of them have adopted an official flag.
Tokelau
editTokelau is a self-administering territory of New Zealand. It has no administrative subdivisions.
Tonga
editTonga is a constitutional monarchy composed of five administrative divisions. None of them have adopted official flags.
Tuvalu
editTuvalu is a nation administered by seven island councils, plus one town council (Funafuti). None of these councils has adopted an official flag.
United Kingdom in Polynesia
editThe Pitcairn Islands are the only British overseas territory in Oceania. It has an official flag.
United States in Polynesia
editHawaii, one of the fifty United States, is located in Polynesia, as is one of the territories of the United States (American Samoa).
Seven of the nine islands in the United States Minor Outlying Islands group are located in Polynesia. These are Baker Island, Howland Island, Jarvis Island, Johnston Atoll, Kingman Reef, Midway Atoll and Palmyra Atoll. None have a permanent population and all use the flag of the United States as their official flags.
States and territories
editWallis and Futuna
editWallis and Futuna is a collectivity of France. It is composed of three precincts—Alo, Sigave and Uvea—each corresponding to a traditional kingdom.
See also
edit- Flags of Oceania (a gallery of national-level flags)
General references
edit- World Factbook - Administrative divisions (administrative divisions for all the world's countries, in a single list)
- Flags of the World (clickable map of Oceania)
References
edit- ^ "The World Factbook". cia.gov. Central Intelligence Agency. Archived from the original on April 3, 2015. Retrieved July 25, 2016.
- ^ "The New South Wales State Flag (1876)". anfa-national.org.au. Australian National Flag Association. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
- ^ "The Queensland State Flag (1876)". anfa-national.org.au. Australian National Flag Association. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
- ^ "The South Australian State Flag (1904)". anfa-national.org.au. Australian National Flag Association. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
- ^ "The Tasmanian State Flag (1876)". anfa-national.org.au. Australian National Flag Association. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
- ^ "The Victorian State Flag (1877)". anfa-national.org.au. Australian National Flag Association. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
- ^ "The Western Australian State Flag (1870)". anfa-national.org.au. Australian National Flag Association. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
- ^ "The Australian Capital Territory Flag (1993)". anfa-national.org.au. Australian National Flag Association. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
- ^ "The Northern Territory Flag (1978)". anfa-national.org.au. Australian National Flag Association. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
- ^ "The Flag of the Territory of Christmas Island". shire.gov.cx. Shire of Christmas Island. Archived from the original on 2 March 2015.
- ^ "Norfolk Island Flag and Public Seal Act 1979". Federal Register of Legislation. Office of Parliamentary Counsel (Australia). 18 June 2015. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
- ^ "Purchase a Civic Flag". nelson.govt.nz. Nelson City Council. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
- ^ "Papua New Guinea–22 Provinces". vexilla-mundi.com. Retrieved August 29, 2016.
- ^ "Vanuatu - 6 Provinces". vexilla-mundi.com. Retrieved September 1, 2016.
- ^ "Micronesia–4 States". vexilla-mundi.com. Retrieved August 29, 2016.
- ^ "Palau–16 States". vexilla-mundi.com. Retrieved August 29, 2016.
- ^ "The Territorial Flag". presidence.pf. Archived from the original on February 17, 2003.
- ^ "La Polynesie Francaise - Histoire et Culture". tahitinui.cn. Embassy of French Polynesia in China. Archived from the original on April 6, 2009.
- ^ "Tuamotu Islands (Tuamotu and Gambier Islands, French Polynesia)". flagspot.net. Flags of the World. Retrieved August 29, 2016.
External links
edit- Administrative subdivisions
- World Factbook (select the country from the search box)
- ISO Online Browsing Platform (type in name of country in search box or select from list)
- Flags
- Vexilla Mundi (site map; look for country links labeled 'divisions')