- Capital
- Khartoum
- Continent
- Africa
- Flag adopted
- 1970
- Designer
- Not individually credited
Sudan
Colors and meaning
Red #D21034
The struggle for independence and socialism
White #FFFFFF
Peace and optimism
Black #000000
Sudan itself, echoing the name "bilad al-sudan", land of the Black people
Green #007229
Islam and prosperity
Symbolism and history
The pan-Arab red-white-black tricolor with a green hoist triangle, adopted after a 1969 coup aligned Sudan with pan-Arabist politics.
Closest-looking flags
Egypt
Shares the pan-Arab red-white-black liberation tricolor with Egypt, Syria, Yemen and Iraq; the green hoist triangle is Sudan's distinguishing feature.
Syria
Shares the pan-Arab red-white-black liberation tricolor with Egypt, Syria, Yemen and Iraq; the green hoist triangle is Sudan's distinguishing feature.
Yemen
Shares the pan-Arab red-white-black liberation tricolor with Egypt, Syria, Yemen and Iraq; the green hoist triangle is Sudan's distinguishing feature.
Iraq
Shares the pan-Arab red-white-black liberation tricolor with Egypt, Syria, Yemen and Iraq; the green hoist triangle is Sudan's distinguishing feature.
Further reading: Flag of Sudan on Wikipedia
