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[Flag of Sudan] [National Flag and Ensign] 1:2
by Zeljko Heimer, 24 January 2003

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Explanation of the Flag

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

Presidential Flag

[Presidential Flag of Sudan] 1:2
by Zeljko Heimer, 24 January 2003

As the national flag with the golden representation of the national coat of arms in the white stripe. (The COA seems to be centered in the "fly part" of the flag, i.e. in the midpoint between the top of the triangle to the fly.) Some earlier sources, like Smith, Flags and Arms Across the World (1980), Talocci, Guide to the Flags of the World (1982); Crampton, Flags of the World (1990); et al.

show the coat of arms as black, but truly Smith mark the image with the reconstruction icon meaning that it was based only on writen description. Weather this have changed since (i.e. from black COA then to golden one today), or the data we have just got more precise in the mean time, remains speculative.

[Earlier Presidential Flag of Sudan] 1:2
by Zeljko Heimer, 24 January 2003

Arms of Sudan

[Arms of Sudan] 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 is the name of the country.'

SOURCES - Smith, Flags and Arms Across the World (1980); Talocci, Guide to the Flags of the World (1982); Crampton, Flags of the World (1990); et al.

Paige Herring, 21 May 1998

Possible Naval Ensign

[Naval Ensign of Sudan] [Naval Ensign] ? 1:2
by Zeljko Heimer, 24 January 2003

Some years ago Jose Luis Cepero spent some time in Sudan. Casually in TV he sow a flag that is white with the (current) national flag in canton. Since pre-1969 war ensign was in of the same pattern, I assume that Sudanese Navy used after 1969 also a white ensign with the national flag in canton changed. Any confirmation?

Jaume Ollé, 6 January 2001