Flags of the provinces of Papua New Guinea

This list shows the flags of the provinces of Papua New Guinea .

layout

Some of the provincial flags take up elements from the flag of Papua New Guinea :

the color scheme (red-black),
the oblique division,
the bird of paradise
or the stars ( Southern Cross ).

list

location	flag	province	Remarks
		Bougainville (North Solomons)	The blue flag stands for the Pacific Ocean. The emblem in the middle symbolizes Bougainville, the black disk stands for the native inhabitants, inside it an "Upe", a headdress that is associated with the transition from boyhood to manhood. The green wreath of 24 triangles is supposed to represent the islands; the white triangles symbolize the turtle shells that are carried by tribal chiefs and their wives during special festivities.
		Central Province	Divided diagonally in blue and red. The silhouette of a “Lakatoi”, a traditional boat, stands for tradition, the blue background for the sea. The big star in the red field symbolizes the province, the five smaller stars the four districts of the province.
		Enga	Divided diagonally into black (from the national flag) and green (for the vegetation); in the middle a yellow-black-white Dendrobium engae orchid (the flower of the province).
		East New Britain	Divided into red and blue by a green sloping bar. The four stars and the color scheme are reminiscent of the national flag. In the emblem, which is surrounded by a ring made of traditional shell money, there is a mask of the Tolai and the Baining .
		East Sepik	In green and red with a yellow bird of paradise, taken from the national flag, divided diagonally; in the lower green field a tambaran house (for the inhabitants of the mountains and plains), a crocodile (for the inhabitants of the river regions), a shark (for the inhabitants of the coast); Kundu, slit drum, spear and lime pot represent culture.
		Eastern Highlands	Oblique left divided into red and green; in the middle a yellow six-pointed star inside the legendary one-legged man with the name "Nokondi", holding a branch of coffee in his hand (for coffee growing), surrounded by eight smaller yellow six-pointed stars, which stand for the eight districts of the province.
		Fly River (Western)	On a black background, with the symbols and colors of the national flag on the flagstock, then a red diagonally sloping trapezoid towards the flagstock with a yellow square at the flying end; therein the emblem of the province, a headdress with white crane wings (for unit) underneath arrow and arc with a quiver for the tradition.
		Gulf	A red and black disc (national flag) framed by two golden crocodiles (for the rivers) on a blue flag cloth; in the upper red field a white seagull underneath five white stars in the black field ( Southern Cross ).
		Hela	In yellow (in it a red bird of paradise in the flying leech ) and black (in it in a semicircle open at the top five five-pointed white stars, the middle one half the size); in the middle of the flag is a horizontally white-edged green band. Above it in the center a light blue disc with the emblem of the province (a head of a chief and two tools protruding on both sides, protruding into all stripes).
		Jiwaka	Divided into yellow and green (for vegetation) by a white (for peace) sloping bar. In the yellow lower leech the emblem of the province and in the green upper part of the flight the yellow bird of paradise from the national flag.
		Madang	Red, yellow, black horizontal stripes (colors of the national flag) form the background. Six white stars at the bottom of the black stripe represent the six districts. In the white Obereck, a black emblem shows the monument of the Madang memorial as a reminder of the coastal guards of the Second World War in front of a slit drum, which stands for the tradition of the province, framed by coconut palms as a symbol for agriculture, including a white ribbon with six black stars for the districts.
		Manus	Diagonally divided into blue (for island residents) and brown (for inland residents), a yellow honey eater (Meliphagidae) flies on the diagonal line; five green manus snails (Chaucasus) in the brown field represent the five districts of the province.
		Milne Bay	Two vertical green (for the vegetation) and white (for the beaches) stripes on the flagstock; the square flight part diagonally divided into blue (for the ocean) and red with a five-pointed yellow star in the flying upper corner (stands for the Christian missionaries of the Eastern Star Order).
		Morobe	Green (for the vegetation), yellow (for the Markham Valley), blue (for the ocean) divided twice in a ratio of 1: 2: 1; in the middle a white bird of paradise (for the animal world), above it white canines of a boar (for the traditional trade), a yellow-brown Kundu drum (for the celebrations) and spears (for the traditional warfare).
		National Capital District	A black “Lakatoi” boat belonging to the local Moto residents on a yellow flag cloth, surrounded by a black circle with the words “National Capital District Commission” and “NCDC”.
		New Ireland	Vertically divided in a ratio of 1: 2 in blue (for the ocean) with the southern cross and orange with a flying black ribbon- tailed drongo ( drongos ) (a bird that only occurs in New Ireland) for nature.
		Oro (Northern)	On a green background a vertical red tapa fabric strip with gold and black markings for culture, separated from the flagstock by a narrow green strip and in the middle a golden Queen Alexandra butterfly for nature.
		Sandaun (West Sepik)	Slanted left split in black and red with the yellow bird of paradise from the national flag; in the black field six white stars (for the districts) in front of a setting light blue sun with yellow rays (province symbol).
		Simbu (Chimbu)	Twice diagonally divided into black, green, red. The white southern cross in the black and the yellow bird of paradise in the red field (from the national flag); in the middle green field two crossed red spears (for the leadership of the province) over a yellow coffee branch (for the main occupation) and a white chain ring (for the unit).
		Southern Highlands	Divided twice diagonally into green, black, red. Three white stars in the green and four stars in the red field represent the seven districts of the province. A ring consisting of 26 medallions with a yellow cassowary head (for traditional trade) lies over two yellow spears lying in opposite directions (for defense ).
		West New Britain	On the blue flag cloth (for the ocean) in the Obereck is the diagonally divided black and red national flag with the familiar symbols (Southern Cross and Bird of Paradise); in the lower flying part a white, yellow, brown conch shell (for traditional communication)
		Western Highlands	Divided into black (from the national flag) and green (for the vegetation) by a white (for peace) sloping bar. In the black lower leech three white stars for the regions and in the green upper part of the flight the emblem of the province on a white disc with an inwardly black jagged border.