Sudan

Last modified: 2005-05-28 by Željko heimer
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by Željko Heimer, 24 Jan 2003
Proportions: 1:2
Flag adopted 20 May 1970; coat of arms adopted 1970

• Explanation of the Flag
• Arms of Sudan
• Possible Naval Ensign

• Sudanese Presidential Flag
• Sudanese Flag Law and Construction Sheet
• Sudanese Flag Customs
• Sudanese Air Force
• Historical flags
• Political flags
• Flags of provinces
• Sothern Sudan authonomy

See also:

• Pan-Arab colours

Red over white over black tricolor with green triangle next to the hoist.

About the colours of the current national flag of Sudan, information from the Sudanese government is as follows:

1. Red stands for struggle and the martyrs of the Sudan and the Great Arab Land.
2. White stands for Islam, peace, optimism, light and love.
3. Black stands for Sudan and the Mahdiya revolution (the Black Flag).
4. Green stands for prosperity, good and agriculture.

Jaume Ollé, 4-MAR-1996

by Paige Herring, 21 May 1998

Copied directly from the book Flags of the World by William Crampton (1990), the description is as follows:
'The arms are a secretary bird with a native shield on its breast; above it is a scroll with the motto, "Al Nadr Nila" (Victory is Ours), and beneath it i