Flag of Cuba

Educational illustration shown at 4:3. The reference proportion is 1:2.

How to recognise it

Five horizontal stripes, blue and white, with a red triangle at the hoist holding a white star.

Name in the quiz: Cuba
UN member state name: Cuba
ISO 3166-1 code: CU
Atlas Play pack: North America and the Caribbean

Practise the North America and the Caribbean pack Today’s flags

Easily confused with

BahamasHorizontal stripes with a triangle at the hoist.
UruguayBlue and white horizontal stripes.

Source and checks

Design reference: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Cuba (Three blue stripes alternating with two white, with a red equilateral triangle at the hoist bearing a white star; proportion 1:2). Checked 2026-10-18 by Claude (AI build agent): rendered artwork compared with the reference design description; no human editorial review yet. Artwork: flag-icons 7.6.0 (package/flags/4x3/cu.svg), MIT licence, licence text; sanitised copy sha256 41c4491c6f61…. Spotted a mistake? Tell us.