Which country's flag has a white disk containing a red Phrygian cap?

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Which country's flag has a white disk containing a red Phrygian cap? Haiti. More precisely, Haiti’s national flag has a central white rectangular panel carrying the national coat of arms, whose royal palm is topped by a red liberty cap.

The modern Haitian design uses two horizontal bands: blue above red. The coat of arms commemorates the country’s revolutionary struggle and includes flags, weapons, a drum, cannon, and the motto “L’Union fait la Force” (“Unity makes strength”). The liberty cap represents freedom and emancipation.

Haiti’s first national flag emerged during the revolution against French rule. In May 1803, Jean-Jacques Dessalines ordered the removal of the white stripe from the French tricolour, leaving blue and red as symbols of unity among formerly divided groups. The present state-flag design was first used in 1806 and was readopted in 2012.

A common mix-up is calling the central panel a disk: it is generally shown as a white square or rectangle. Haiti also has a plain blue-and-red civil flag, while the version with the arms is used for official purposes.

Source: Wikipedia · fact-checked Sept. 2026

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