Flag of Morocco

The flag of Morocco (Template:Lang) is the flag used by the government of Morocco and has served as the national flag of Morocco since 17 November 1915. It has a red field with a green pentagram in the centre. The green star represents the five pillars of Islam, and the red represents the blood of the ancestors and unity.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Red has considerable historic significance in Morocco by virtue of its association with the Alawi dynasty, which used a red field as its flag. The ruling house was associated with the Islamic prophet Muhammad via Fatima, the wife of Ali, the fourth Muslim Caliph. Red is also the color that was used by the sharifs of Mecca and the imams of Yemen.

On 17 November 1915, Sultan Yusef signed a dahir introducing the current flag design.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

While Morocco was under French and Spanish control, the red flag with the pentagram remained in use but only inland since its use at sea was prohibited. When independence was restored in 1955, it once again became the national flag.

Design

The legal definition of the flag specifies that the colours are bright red and palm green. No more precise colour specifications are known to be published. The RGB colours used in the illustration on the kingdom's website are listed below, along with rough CMYK and Pantone equivalents for printing.<ref>Template:Cite web (However, compare the pentagram in that page's upper left corner.)</ref>

Colour scheme	Bright Red	Palm Green
RGB	183, 49, 44	0, 99, 65
Hexadecimal	#B7312C	#006341
CMYK	0, 73, 76, 28	100, 0, 34, 61
Pantone	7620 C	3425 C

Variants

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  Non-interlaced pentagram
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  Thicker non-interlaced pentagram
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  Interlaced pentagram
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  1/6 circle interlaced pentagram

History

Template:See also In the 17th century, when Morocco became ruled by the current 'Alawid dynasty, its flag was solid red at first.Template:Citation needed The Sharifs of Makkah used that as a reference colour. Template:Quotation

Wide and vertical presentations

On 8 May 2010, a Moroccan flag with a size of Template:Convert, weighing Template:Convert, was set in Dakhla, a city in the disputed territory of Western Sahara. It was certified by Guinness World Records as the largest flag ever draped.<ref>Template:Cite webTemplate:Failed verification</ref>

Other historical flags

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  Flag of Morocco under the Alawi dynasty (1666–1915)
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  Flag of the Republic of the Rif (1921–1926)
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  Merchant flag of the French protectorate in Morocco (1919–1956)<ref>Flags of the world: French Protectorate of Morocco</ref>
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  Merchant flag of the Spanish protectorate in Morocco (1937–1956)<ref>Flags of the world: Spanish Protectorate of Morocco</ref>
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  Merchant flag of the Tangier International Zone (1953–1957)<ref>Flags of the world: International Zone of Tangiers</ref>

Other national flags

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  Civil ensign
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  Naval ensign
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  Naval jack
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  Royal flag
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  Royal standard

See also

• Coat of arms of Morocco
• List of Moroccan flags
• Flag of Vietnam, a very similar flag
• Flag of Somalia, a similar flag that has an inverse design

External links

• Template:FOTW
• Morocco Historical Flags, FOTW