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Flag Sudan, in 36 editions.

The entry for Sudan published Flag in 36 editions of 36, from 1990 to 2025. The text changed in 10 editions. Each is shown as published. Flag in every entry.

editions changed the text
10
the first edition with it
1990
the latest edition with it
2025

Published as “Flag” (1990 to 2025) and “Flag description” (1997 to 2024).

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2014 edition

Same as 2013

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The same text in 6 editions, 2010 to 2015.

Published as “Flag description”

  • three equal horizontal bands of red (top), white, and black with a green isosceles triangle based on the hoist side;
  • colors and design based on the Arab Revolt flag of World War I, but the meanings of the colors are expressed as follows: red signifies the struggle for freedom, white is the color of peace, light, and love, black represents Sudan itself (in Arabic 'Sudan' means black), green is the color of Islam, agriculture, and prosperity

Rewritten: too little of the 2009 text remains to mark the changes.
three equal horizontal bands of red (top), white, and black with a green isosceles triangle based on the hoist side; colors and design based on the Arab Revolt flag of World War I, but the meanings of the colors are expressed as follows: red signifies the struggle for freedom, white is the color of peace, light, and love, black represents Sudan itself (in Arabic 'Sudan' means black), green is the color of Islam, agriculture, and prosperity

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Central Intelligence Agency. “Sudan: Flag.” The World Factbook, 1990–2025 editions. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/sudan/flag.

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