Capital

Manama

Continent

Asia

Flag adopted

1932

Designer

Not individually credited

Bahrain

Colors and meaning

• Red #CE1126

  Historically associated with the Kharijite sect once dominant in the Gulf, and now the color of Bahrain's ruling house

• White #FFFFFF

  Peace, joined to the red by a serrated edge

Symbolism and history

A white band meets a red field along a five-point serrated edge, the points added in 1932 to represent Bahrain's status as the fifth signatory of the 1820 Gulf treaty on flag design that also produced Qatar's and the UAE's red-and-white schemes.

Closest-looking flags

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  Qatar

  Shares the same red-and-white Gulf treaty origin as Qatar's flag; Qatar's serration is finer and its field maroon rather than red.

Further reading: Flag of Bahrain on Wikipedia