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Morocco Flag
Morocco’s national emblem is a plain red field carrying one green, five-branched star in the middle. Article 4 of the 2011 Constitution states this basi...
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About Morocco and its flag
Morocco’s national emblem is a plain red field carrying one green, five-branched star in the middle. Article 4 of the 2011 Constitution states this basic composition. Its spare layout presents a single high-contrast device, without stripes, a border, or a coat of arms.
Flag design and meaning
The background is red and its sole device is a green star with five branches placed at the centre, as specified by the Constitution. The government’s historical account calls the device a pentagram, so it appears as an outlined five-point star rather than a filled star.
- Green pentagram: The government portal’s historical account says green retained religious significance and that the pentagram was later taken up as an emblem of national unity and the demand for independence. This records the source’s historical interpretation rather than assigning a universal meaning to every use of green.
History and adoption
A 2026 account on Morocco’s official state portal says that a green pentagram was added to the red flag in 1915. It describes red as having become a symbol of authority under the Alaouite dynasty, and says the national movement and Sultan Mohammed Ben Youssef later made the sign an emblem of national unity and an independence claim before it became official for independent Morocco. Article 4 of the 2011 Constitution preserves the defining design.
How to recognise this flag
- Find the single green outlined five-point star centred on an otherwise unbroken red field.
- Do not confuse it with a crescent-and-star flag: Morocco’s central device is a five-pointed pentagram and has no crescent.
Morocco flag quiz context
On Name The Flag, the Morocco flag is currently grouped as easy difficulty for quiz progression.
Its region is listed as Africa, which helps place the country among nearby geography questions in the game.
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