San Andrés en Providencia and not lets forget Santa Catalina these are islands belonging to Colombia. This one of the 32 departments of Colombia and its official name in Spanish is Archipiélago de San Andrés, Providencia y Santa Catalina. This archipel can be found in the Caribbean Sea and the distance from the Colombian mainland is 775 km (481 mi). However its closer to the Central-American nation Nicaragua, that distance is 220 km (137 mi), so that distance gives some political turmoil once in a while. Nicaragua claims the archipelago and before the short-lived United Provinces of Central America but the International Court of Justice in The Hague decide its stays part of Colombia and instead the maritime borders are changed. An little bit of more history the islands are possible discovered by the Dutch somewhere in the 16th century, but Spain claimed everything in that area nevertheless but they have only attention to the mainland. Around 1630 English settles arrived on the island of Providencia, but in 1641 the Spanish take control of their claim. The famous English pirate Henry Morgan control the islands from 1670 till 1689, maybe he hide some treasures. The Spanish came back an assigned the islands to the Viceroyalty of New Granada (present day Colombia) and to this day its remains that way, and became an Colombian departement in 1991. The official language of the archipelago is Spanish but there is minority that speak English, those are the descended of the earlier English settlers. So lets take an look at the flag.
The flag using an white Saint Andrew's cross on light blue background, probably inspired by the flag of Scotland, the name of that flag is St. Andrew's Cross. Saint Andrew is in Spanish San Andrés. That cross is also known as an saltire, and the meaning is "incantation of danger".
The colors meanings and lets start with light blue that stands for immensity and depth.
The white stands for purity, integrity and honesty.
All those qualities together stands for the people of the islands.
Simple but strong flag and there are more of these in the world.
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