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Yemen Flag
Yemen’s national flag is a plain tricolour defined in legislation as a state symbol. The constitution lists red, white and black from top to bottom, whi...
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About Yemen and its flag
Yemen’s national flag is a plain tricolour defined in legislation as a state symbol. The constitution lists red, white and black from top to bottom, while Resolution No. 1 of 1990 specifies a 2:3 flag divided into three equal horizontal sections. The legal design contains neither an emblem nor lettering.
Flag design and meaning
The flag is rectangular, with its width set at two-thirds of its length, giving it 2:3 proportions. Three equal horizontal bands fill the field: red at the top, white in the middle and black at the bottom. The statutory specification does not place a badge, star, seal or inscription in any band.
- The red, white and black bands: The Flag Institute interprets red as evoking unity and the blood of martyrs, white as a bright future, and black as the dark past. This is an interpretive account: the cited Yemeni legal text specifies the colours and geometry without assigning colour meanings.
History and adoption
Presidency Council Resolution No. 1 concerning the national flag was issued on 22 May 1990 and states that it took effect on its issue date. Its preamble refers to the agreement announcing the Republic of Yemen and organising the transitional period, as well as to the constitution. This establishes the present legal specification’s 1990 provenance.
How to recognise this flag
- Look for an unadorned horizontal tricolour with red above white above black.
- Check that all three bands are equally deep and that there is no central star, crest, writing or hoist-side shape.
Yemen flag quiz context
On Name The Flag, the Yemen flag is currently grouped as hard difficulty for quiz progression.
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