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Use | National flag and state ensign ![]() |
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Proportion | 1:2 |
Adopted | December 2, 1971 |
Design | A horizontal tricolour of green, white and black with a vertical 1⁄4-width red bar at the hoist |
Designed by | H.E. Abdulla Mohamed Almaainah, current Ambassador of the UAE to the Czech Republic |
The flag of the United Arab Emirates (Arabic: علم الإمارات العربية المتحدة) is used to represent, or show, the United Arab Emirates. It contains the Pan-Arab colors, which are red, green, white, and black, to show Arab unity. The Flag was designed by a Young Emirati boy named as Abdullah Mohammed Al Maainah in 1971.[1][2]