List of Sudanese flags explained

The following is a list of flags used in Sudan.

National Flag

Date	Use	Description
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]

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	?-Today		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		A white field with the Dagin Arewa or Northern knot in the center.

Date	Use	Description
1956-Today		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.

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1923-1924		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
	1946-Today		A red field with white Arabic script reading "Sudanese Communist Party".^[5]
	1952-Today		A horizontal tricolour of blue, yellow, and green; identical to the first flag of independent Sudan used between 1956 and 1970.
	1965-1970
	1957-Today		A horizontal tricolour of blue, yellow, and green with a vertical 1⁄4-width red bar at the hoist.
	1971-1985		A white field with the logo of the party in the center.
	2002-Today		Four horizontal bands of black, red, blue, and green with a white star in the center.
	2011-Today		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		A horizontal tricolour of black, red, and green; charged with a blue five-pointed star within a yellow disc at the center.

Date	Use	Description
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		Red flag with a white crescent containing a seven-pointed white star.^[9]
1844-1867		Red flag with a white crescent containing a five-pointed white star.
1867-1881		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.

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	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.

Date	Use	Description
1899-1956		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		Red Flag with Three white crescents, each containing a five-pointed white star.
1922-1956		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		A Union Jack defaced with the emblem of Sudan.^[13]
1925-1956		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]

Date	Use	Description
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]

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