Capital

Doha

Continent

Asia

Flag adopted

1949

Designer

Not individually credited

Qatar

Colors and meaning

• Maroon #8D1B3D

  Bloodshed during 19th-century regional conflicts, deliberately darkened from the standard red used by neighboring Gulf states

• White #FFFFFF

  Peace

Symbolism and history

A serrated line of nine white points divides a broad maroon field from a white hoist band, giving Qatar's flag the greatest length-to-height ratio of any national flag, roughly 3 to 1.

Closest-looking flags

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  Bahrain

  Shares the same white-and-red-family serrated-edge Gulf design as Bahrain's flag, though Qatar's field is maroon rather than red and its proportions are far more elongated.

Further reading: Flag of Qatar on Wikipedia