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The flag of the People's Republic of Kampuchea was a historical flag of Cambodia from 1979 to 1989, used during the Cambodian–Vietnamese War.. The flag that became the official flag of the People's Republic of Kampuchea had been previously adopted by the Kampuchean United Front for National Salvation (KUFNS), who had revived the flag of the Khmer Issarak in the days of anti-French resistance ...
Coat of arms of CRPR, representing an independent Republic of Puerto Rico, features, atop the motto Patria y Libertad (Homeland and Liberty), the flag of Puerto Rico, the island in front of a rising sun, the three red (blood of warriors) and two white (peace after independence) stripes of the flag, and the lion of the Spanish Kingdom being ...
Use: Civil and state flag, civil and state ensign: Proportion: 2:3: Adopted: December 22, 1895; 128 years ago () by pro-independence members of the Revolutionary Committee of Puerto Rico exiled in New York City; members identified colors as red, white, and blue but did not specify color shades; some historians have presumed members adopted light blue shade based on the light blue flag of the ...
(Spanish for "Island of Enchantment") [5] Puerto Rico does not have an official bird. In 2001 the legislature passed a bill designating the pitirre ( Tyrannus dominicensis ), but the governor vetoed the bill because although native to it is not endemic to Puerto Rico.
Thespesia grandiflora, most commonly known as Maga, and also referred to as Maga Colorada ("Red Maga") and Puerto Rican hibiscus, [2] is a tree in the family Malvaceae of the rosids clade [2] endemic to Puerto Rico, where its flower is officially recognized as the national flower of the archipelago.
On Oct. 18 of that year, the U.S. took control of Puerto Rico and raised the American flag on the island — a decision with echoing consequences still felt 125 years later.
(state flower) Kalmia latifolia: 1933 [54] Penngift crown vetch (beautification and conservation plant) Coronilla varia: 1982 [54] Puerto Rico: Flor de Maga: Thespesia grandiflora: 2019 [55] [56] Rhode Island: Violet: Viola: 1968 [57] [58] South Carolina: Yellow jessamine (state flower) Gelsemium sempervirens: 1924 [59] Goldenrod (state ...
Initially, communist North Vietnam was a strong ally of the Khmer Rouge while it was fighting against Lon Nol's Khmer Republic during the 1970–1975 civil war. Only after the Khmer Rouge took power did the Vietnamese opinion of Kampuchea become negative, when on 1 May 1975 (the day after Saigon fell), Khmer Rouge soldiers raided the islands of Phu Quoc and Tho Chau, killing more than five ...