United Arab Emirates
Shape
Asia · Western Asia
Outline not to scale
About the flag
The flag of the United Arab Emirates has a red vertical band at the flagpole and three horizontal stripes of green, white and black. It uses the Pan-Arab colours and was adopted in 1971, when the emirates united.
Often confused with
Kuwait's flag has a black trapezoid at the flagpole instead of a red band. A red vertical band means the UAE.
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