Flags / North America and the Caribbean
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 (starter pack)
Easily confused with
BahamasCuba: blue and white stripes, a red triangle with a white star. Bahamas: aquamarine and gold, a plain black triangle.
Cabo VerdeCabo Verde: a ring of yellow stars and a red stripe. Cuba: a red triangle with one white star.
CzechiaCzechia: a blue triangle, white over red. Cuba: a red triangle with a star on blue and white stripes.
EritreaEritrea: the triangle reaches the fly, green and blue. Cuba: a short triangle on blue and white stripes.
Timor-LesteTimor-Leste: black and yellow triangles on red. Cuba: a red triangle on blue and white stripes.
UruguayCuba: a red triangle with a star. Uruguay: a sun in the corner and more 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.