How many white stars are on the flag of Saint Kitts and Nevis? Two. The stars sit on the flag’s black diagonal band, which runs from the lower hoist toward the upper fly and is edged in yellow.
The flag was adopted on 19 September 1983, when the federation became independent. Its upper triangle is green and its lower triangle is red. The green represents fertile land, the red recalls the struggle against slavery and colonialism, and the black band represents the African heritage of the population.
The two white five-pointed stars symbolize Saint Kitts and Nevis, the federation’s two constituent islands. They also stand for hope and liberty. Their position on the diagonal band makes them easy to overlook when the flag is viewed from a distance or folded.
The number is sometimes confused with stars on other national flags in the Americas. Saint Kitts and Nevis is a two-island federation, but the stars are symbolic rather than a count of every inhabited or administrative island in the country.