- Capital
- Sana'a
- Continent
- Asia
- Flag adopted
- 1990
- Designer
- Not individually credited
Yemen
Colors and meaning
Red #CE1126
The blood of martyrs and the unity achieved through struggle
White #FFFFFF
A bright future, and North-South reconciliation
Black #000000
The dark past being left behind
Symbolism and history
The pan-Arab red-white-black tricolor with no emblem at all, adopted in 1990 when North and South Yemen united, deliberately left plain since either side's existing emblem would have implied one absorbed the other.
Closest-looking flags
Egypt
Shares the pan-Arab liberation tricolor with Egypt, Syria, Iraq and Sudan; the total absence of any emblem is what distinguishes Yemen's flag.
Syria
Shares the pan-Arab liberation tricolor with Egypt, Syria, Iraq and Sudan; the total absence of any emblem is what distinguishes Yemen's flag.
Iraq
Shares the pan-Arab liberation tricolor with Egypt, Syria, Iraq and Sudan; the total absence of any emblem is what distinguishes Yemen's flag.
Sudan
Shares the pan-Arab liberation tricolor with Egypt, Syria, Iraq and Sudan; the total absence of any emblem is what distinguishes Yemen's flag.
Further reading: Flag of Yemen on Wikipedia
