The flag of Saba was adoped on the 6th of December in 1985. It shows the colours red and blue interrupted by a whiten to the border of the flag reaching rhombus – so the colours of the Netherlands Antilles and also of the Netherlands. In the white field in the middle a yellow star. The star stands for the island and for the hope for a golden future. The red stands for unity and courage, the blue for the ocean and for the heaven, the white for peace and unity.
The coat of arms of Saba is the central part of the seal. It depicts a white shield with a green mountain in the centre shrouded in clouds, the silhouette of the volcano Mount Scenery. On the left and right above a fish and a sailing ship and below a sweet potato. This represents the economy of the island: Fishing, seafaring and agriculture. The cabbage leaves on the left and right of the shield are also part of this. The head of a scaled shearwater appears above the shield. The motto of the island is "Remis Velisque", which translates as "With oars and sails".
10th of October 2010 · Netherlands Antilles become dissolved administratively → Saba becomes a special municipality of the Netherlands, but belongs not to any province
The origin of the name "Saba" is unclear, but it was already mentioned in 1595 in a travel report by John Hawkins. One theory says that the name comes from the Arawak word "Siba", which means "rock". When Kulumbus discovered the island in 1493, he named it "San Cristóbal" (St. Christopher, Christophorus).
