Flags of the World H

 

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Hatti Adopted – 26th February 1986
Description
Two equal horizontal bands of blue (top) and red with a centred white rectangle bearing the coat of arms, which contains a palm tree flanked by flags and two cannons above a scroll bearing the motto L'UNION FAIT LA FORCE (Union Makes Strength); the colors are taken from the French Tricolour and represent the union of blacks and mulattoes
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Hamburg City
Description
The flag of Australia is used
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Hawaii Adopted – 29th December 1845
Description
Eight alternating horizontal stripes of white, red, and blue, with the United Kingdom's Union Flag in the canton
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Heard Island and McDonald Islands
Description
The flag of Australia is used
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Holy See (Vatican City)
Description
Two vertical bands of yellow (hoist side) and white with the arms of the Holy See, consisting of the crossed keys of Saint Peter surmounted by the three-tiered papal tiara, centred in the white band; the yellow colour represents the pope's spiritual power, the white his worldly power
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Honduras Adopted – 7th March 1866 (modified in 1898)
Description
Three equal horizontal bands of cerulean blue (top), white, and cerulean blue, with five cerulean, five-pointed stars arranged in an X pattern centred in the white band; the stars represent the members of the former Federal Republic of Central America: Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua; the blue bands symbolize the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea; the white band represents the land between the two bodies of water and the peace and prosperity of its people Note: similar to the flag of El Salvador, which features a round emblem encircled by the words REPUBLICA DE EL SALVADOR EN LA AMERICA CENTRAL centred in the white band; also similar to the flag of Nicaragua, which features a triangle encircled by the words REPUBLICA DE NICARAGUA on top and AMERICA CENTRAL on the bottom, centred in the white band
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Hong Kong
Description
Red with a stylized, white, five-petal Bauhinia flower in the centre; each petal contains a small, red, five-pointed star in its middle; the red colour is the same as that on the Chinese flag and represents the motherland; the fragrant Bauhinia - developed in Hong Kong the late 19th century - has come to symbolize the region; the five stars echo those on the flag of China
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Hungary Adopted – 23rd May 1957 (as state flag) 19th June 1900 (reaffirmed)
Description
Three equal horizontal bands of red (top), white, and green; the flag dates to the national movement of the 18th and 19th centuries, and fuses the medieval colours of the Hungarian coat of arms with the revolutionary tricolour form of the French flag; folklore attributes virtues to the colours: red for strength, white for faithfulness, and green for hope; alternatively, the red is seen as being for the blood spilled in defence of the land, white for freedom, and green for the pasturelands that make up so much of the country