United Arab Emirates
Flag
Adopted: 1971
The UAE flag features horizontal green and white stripes with a red vertical band on the hoist side, and a black horizontal stripe across the top.
Flag fun fact: The flag's colors represent the Pan-Arab colors, with red symbolizing sacrifice, black representing the past, white for peace, and green for hope and prosperity.
Colors
redgreenwhiteblack
Design elements
stripescanton
Flag family: Pan-Arab
Country context
Capital city: Abu Dhabi
Western Asia · Asia
Independent from British · 1971
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Federal semi-constitutional monarchy
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