List of Sudanese flags

The following is a list of flags used in Sudan.

## National Flag

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| 1970-Today | Flag of Sudan | A horizontal tricolour of red, white, and black; with a green triangle based at the hoist.[1][2]
| 1970-Today | Flag of Sudan (2:3 Variant) |
| 1970-Today | Flag of Sudan (Vertical Variant) | [3]

## Government Flag

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| 1970-Today | Flag of The President of Sudan | A horizontal tricolour of red, white, and black; with a green triangle based at the hoist with the national emblem in the center of the white stripe.[4]

## Ethnic Group Flags

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| ?-Today | Flag of The Daza people | A horizontal bicolour of yellow and black divided with 2 lines of red and blue and a black star in the center of the yellow stripe.
| ?-Today | Flag of The Hausa people | A white field with the Dagin Arewa or Northern knot in the center.

## Military Flags

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Flag | Date | Use | Description

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| 1956-Today | Flag of The Sudanese Air Force | A blue field with the national flag in the canton defaced with the air force's roundel.
| 1970-Today | Naval Ensign of Sudan | A white field with the national flag in the canton.
| 2010-Today | Flag of The Sudanese 9th Airborne Division | A red field with a golden Arabic script upwards and downwards and the golden emblem in the center.

## Political Party Flags

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| 1923-1924 | Flag of the White Flag League | A white field with the flag of the Kingdom of Egypt in the canton and an outline of the Nile river in blue along the fly side.
| 1945-Today | Flag of the National Umma Party |
| 1946-Today | Flag of the Sudanese Communist Party | A red field with white Arabic script reading "Sudanese Communist Party".[5]
| 1952-Today | Flag of the Democratic Unionist Party | A horizontal tricolour of blue, yellow, and green; identical to the first flag of independent Sudan used between 1956 and 1970.
| 1965-1970 | Flag of the Azania Liberation Front |
| 1957-Today | Flag of the Beja Congress | A horizontal tricolour of blue, yellow, and green with a vertical 1⁄4-width red bar at the hoist.
| 1971-1985 | Flag of the Sudanese Socialist Union | A white field with the logo of the party in the center.
| 2002-Today | Flag of the Sudan Liberation Movement/Army | Four horizontal bands of black, red, blue, and green with a white star in the center.
| 2011-Today | Flag of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North | A horizontal tricolour of black, red, and blue, fimbriated with white stripes; with a green equilateral triangle based on the hoist side bearing a gold five-pointed star within a red disc.
| 2011-Today | Flag of the Sudan Revolutionary Front | A horizontal tricolour of black, red, and green; charged with a blue five-pointed star within a yellow disc at the center.

## Sub-National flag

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Flag | Date | Use | Description

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| ?-Today | Flag of Blue Nile State |
| ?-Today | Flag of Central Darfur |
| ?-Today | Flag of North Darfur |
| ?-Today | Flag of South Darfur |
| ?-Today | Flag of West Darfur |
| ?-Today | Flag of Kassala State |
| ?-Today | Flag of Khartoum State |
| ?-Today | Flag of Al Qadarif State |
| ?-Today | Flag of River Nile State |
| ?-Today | Flag of Abyei Area |

## Historical Flags

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### Makuria

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Flag | Date | Use | Description

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| 400-1590 | Flag of The Kingdom of Makuria | A white field with a black cross in the center.

### Alodia

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Flag | Date | Use | Description

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| 500-1500 | Flag of The Kingdom of Alodia | A golden field with a white disc in the center and a red cross inside the disc.

### Ottoman Empire (Turkish Sudan)

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Flag | Date | Use | Description

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| 1820-1844 | Flag of The Ottoman Empire | A Red Field with a white crescent moon and an eight-pointed star.[6]
| 1844-1899 | Flag of The Ottoman Empire | A Red Field with a white crescent moon and a five-pointed star.[7][8]
| 1820-1844 | Flag of Ottoman Egypt | Red flag with a white crescent containing a seven-pointed white star.[9]
| 1844-1867 | Flag of self-declared Khedivate of Egypt introduced by Muhammad Ali | Red flag with a white crescent containing a five-pointed white star.
| 1867-1881 | Flag of the Khedivate of Egypt | Red flag with a white crescent, containing three five-pointed white stars.[10]
| 1881-1899 | Flag of the Khedivate of Egypt under British occupation | Identical to the national flag used between 1844 and 1867.

### Mahdist State

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Flag | Date | Use | Description

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| 1881-1899 | Flag used during the Mahdist Revolt and in Mahdist Sudan | A golden field with blue and red borders and a blue Arabic script in the center.
| 1881-1899 | black standard used in Mahdist Sudan | a simple black field.

### Anglo-Egyptian Sudan

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Flag | Date | Use | Description

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| 1899-1956 | Flag of The United Kingdom, also known as The Union Jack | A superimposition of the flags of England and Scotland with the Saint Patrick's Saltire (representing Ireland).
| 1899-1914 | Flag of the Khedivate of Egypt under British occupation | Identical to the national flag used between 1844 and 1867.
| 1914-1922 | Flag of the Sultanate of Egypt | Red Flag with Three white crescents, each containing a five-pointed white star.
| 1922-1956 | Flag of the Kingdom of Egypt and the Co-Official Flag of the Arab Republic of Egypt | Green flag with a white crescent containing three five-pointed white stars.[11]
| 1952-1956 | Flag of the 1952 Egyptian Revolution and the Republic of Egypt
The green monarchical flag remained the national flag of Egypt until 1958, even after the proclamation of the Republic. | Following the Revolution of 1952, the Free Officers retained the flag of the Kingdom, but also introduced the former Republic of Egypt flag colors of red, white, and black horizontal bands, with the emblem of the Revolution, the Eagle of Saladin, in the center band, with a green escutcheon with a white crescent and five stars.[12]
| 1899-1956 | Flag of the British Governor General | A Union Jack defaced with the emblem of Sudan.[13]
| 1925-1956 | Flag of The Sudan Defence Force | a horizontal tricolour of black (top), white and Black with 2 crossed swords in the center.[14]
| April 1955 | Provisional flag of Sudan used during the Afro-Asian Conference (April 1955) | A White field with the name of the country written in red in the center.[15]

### Independence

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Flag | Date | Use | Description

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| 1956-1970 | Flag of Independent Sudan | A horizontal tricolour of blue, yellow and green.[16]
| 1956-1970 | Flag of Independent Sudan (2:3 Variant) |
| 1962-1970 | Naval Ensign of Sudan | a white field with the national flag in the canton.
| 1956-1970 | Flag of the Sudanese Customs Service | [17]

## See also

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Flags of Sudan.

* Flag of Sudan
* Emblem of Sudan

## References

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1. ^ "Vexilla Mundi". www.vexilla-mundi.com. Retrieved 2022-11-07.
2. ^ "Sudan". www.crwflags.com. Retrieved 2022-11-07.
3. ^ "Flags and anthems manual - London 2012". olympics.com.
4. ^ "Presidential Standard of Sudan". www.fotw.info. Retrieved 2022-11-07.
5. ^ Kulkarni, Pavan (2019-07-15). "Sudanese Communist Party refuses to take part in transitional government, calls for agitations". Peoples Dispatch. Retrieved 2022-11-07.
6. ^ "National flag of Turkey and its empire (after 1844) | Royal Museums Greenwich". www.rmg.co.uk. Retrieved 2022-11-07.
7. ^ "STRAITS Chapter 18". www.manorhouse.clara.net. Retrieved 2022-11-07.
8. ^ "STRAITS Chapter 21". www.manorhouse.clara.net. Retrieved 2022-11-07.
9. ^ "Egypt in Ottoman Empire". www.crwflags.com. Retrieved 2022-11-07.
10. ^ "Egypt in Ottoman Empire". www.crwflags.com. Retrieved 2022-11-07.
11. ^ "Kingdom of Egypt (1922-1952)". www.fotw.info. Retrieved 2022-11-07.
12. ^ "Republic of Egypt (1952-1958)". www.fotw.info. Retrieved 2022-11-07.
13. ^ "Sudan - historical flags". www.crwflags.com. Retrieved 2022-11-07.
14. ^ "Sudanese Defence Forces". www.crwflags.com. Retrieved 2022-11-07.
15. ^ Isnaeni, Hendri F. (20 April 2015). "Sudan Belum Merdeka, Benderanya Sudah Berkibar di KAA". Historia - Majalah Sejarah Populer Pertama di Indonesia (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2020-04-20.
16. ^ "Sudan - historical flags". www.fotw.info. Retrieved 2022-11-07.
17. ^ "Sudanese Customs Service flags". www.fotw.info. Retrieved 2022-11-07.

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