Northern Africa
Sudan
A horizontal tricolour of red, white, and black with a green triangle at the hoist. It was adopted in 1970 and follows the Arab Liberation flag pattern used by several Arab states.
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Adopted
1970
Proportion
1:2
Colours
4
Colours & their meaning
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Red
The struggle and sacrifices for the nation.
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White
Peace and optimism.
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Black
Sudan itself; the country’s name derives from an Arabic term referring to black.
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Green
Islam, agriculture, and prosperity.
Did you know?
Before 1970, Sudan used a very different blue-yellow-green horizontal tricolour symbolizing the Nile, desert, and agriculture.