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Flag of Yemen

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Field	Value
Name	Republic of Yemen
Image	Flag of Yemen.svg
Noborder
Use	111111
Symbol
Proportion	2:3
Adoption
Design	A horizontal tricolour of red, white and black

The national flag of Yemen () is the official flag of Yemen. It was adopted on 22 May 1990, the day of the Yemeni unification. It resembles the Arab Liberation Flag that was used by the National Liberation Front. It served as the derivation for the flags of both North and South Yemen prior to their unification, and the distinctive elements of flag were removed in choosing the flag post-unification.

According to the official description, the red stands for unity and the bloodshed of martyrs, the white for a bright future, and the black for the supposed dark past. The flag is graphically identical to the flag of the Libyan Arab Republic from 1969 to 1972.

Design

Construction sheet

construction sheet of the flag

Meaning behind the colours

Colour	Represents	Red	White	Black
title=Flag of Yemen History, Design & Meaning Britannica	url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/flag-of-Yemen	access-date=2023-10-24	website=www.britannica.com	language=en}}
a bright future
the dark days of the past

Colour shades

[[File:Flag of Yemen.svg	30px]]	Red	White	Black
Pantone	title=Flags and anthems manual London 2012	journal=Olympics library	url=https://library.olympics.com/Default/digital-viewer/c-34593	page=113}}	-	PMS Black
RGB	title=Presidency Council Resolution No. (1) of 1990 Regarding the National Flag	journal=Attorney General's Office of Yemen	url=https://agoye.gov.ye/userimages/book/b-2-2-26.pdf	page=497}}	255, 255, 255	0, 0, 0
Hexadecimal	#CE1126	#FFFFFF	#000000
CMYK	0, 90, 76, 0	0, 0, 0, 0	0, 0, 0, 100

Historical flags

Before Yemen was unified into the present-day Republic of Yemen in 1990, it existed as two states, North and South Yemen.

North Yemen

Kingdom of Yemen

Main article: Flag of the Kingdom of Yemen

The Kingdom of Yemen was never a British protectorate, but was nominally part of the Ottoman Empire until 1918 and was independent thereafter. Independently, here were two British protectorates (known as the Eastern and Western Aden Protectorates) which contained 24 sultanates, emirates and sheikhdoms in the hinterland of Aden.

The flag was in use until 1962 when the imam was overthrown and the Yemen Arab Republic was established. A civil war between republicans (supported by Egypt) and royalists (supported by Saudi Arabia) continued until 1970, with the royalist side continuing to use the flag of the kingdom.

|Flag of Yemen 1918.svg|Kingdom of Yemen (1918–1923) |Flag of the Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen (1918-1927).svg|Kingdom of Yemen (1923–1927) |Flag of the Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen.svg|Kingdom of Yemen (1927–1970) |Flag of the United Arab Republic (1958–1971), Flag of Syria (1980–2024).svg|United Arab States which North Yemen was a part of (1958–1961)

Yemen Arab Republic

(slight adaptation from September 26, 1962) (Yemeni unification)

When the Egyptian-backed Yemen Arab Republic revolted against the imamate in 1962, a version of the Arab Liberation Flag with one green star in the center of the white band which symbolized unity and independence. |Flag of North Yemen.svg|Yemen Arab Republic (1962–1990) |Vertical Flag of North Yemen.svg|Vertical standard

South Yemen

Main article: Flag of South Yemen

The flag of the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen in the South was a version of the Arab Liberation Flag with a light blue chevron which represented the people under the leadership of the National Liberation Front, with a red star next to the hoist representing the NLF itself and later the Socialist Party. The flag was adopted on 30 November 1967 when South Yemen declared independence from the United Kingdom until the Yemeni unification in 1990. It was used again for a few months in 1994 during the existence of the Democratic Republic of Yemen.

|Flag of South Yemen.svg|People's Democratic Republic of Yemen (1967–1990) |Presidential standard of South Yemen 1967-1990.svg|People's Democratic Republic of Yemen (1967–1990), Presidential Standard |Flag of the Yemeni Socialist Party.svg|Yemeni Socialist Party |Flag of South Yemen (Vertical).svg|Flag of South Yemen, vertical standard}}

References

Smith, Whitney. (February 16, 2001). "Flag of Yemen".
"Flag of Yemen {{!}} History, Design & Meaning {{!}} Britannica".
Crouch, Alex. (2015-05-18). "Flag of Yemen".
"Flags and anthems manual London 2012". Olympics library.
"Presidency Council Resolution No. (1) of 1990 Regarding the National Flag". Attorney General's Office of Yemen.
(1951-12-31). "Yearbook of the United Nations 1951". Yearbook of the United Nations.
"Saudi Aramco World : Flags of the Arab World".
Crouch, Alex. (18 May 2015). "» Flag of Yemen".

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