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{{Infobox flag
| Name = Kingdom of Morocco
| Article = 
| Image = Flag of Morocco.svg
| Use = 111010
| Symbol = {{FIAV|normal}} {{FIAV|111010}} {{FIAV|Equal}}
| Proportion = 2:3
| Adoption = {{start date and age|1915|11|17|df=y}}
| Design = A red field with a green [[pentagram]], a five-pointed linear star.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://article27.ma/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Copy-of-moroccan-flag-1024x683.png |title=Flag of morocco, from the Moroccan site Article27.ma |access-date=7 May 2023 |archive-date=8 November 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241108221258/https://article27.ma/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Copy-of-moroccan-flag-1024x683.png |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| Designer = [[Yusef of Morocco|Mawlay Yusef]]
}}

The '''flag of Morocco''' ({{lang|ar|علم المغرب}}) 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>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/morocco/flag|title=Morocco -- Details|website=The World Factbook|language=en-US|access-date=2023-03-14}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.worldatlas.com/flags/morocco |title=Flags, Symbols, & Currencies of Morocco|website=World Atlas|date=24 February 2021 |language=en-US|access-date=2023-03-14}}</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 [[Prophets and messengers in Islam|prophet]] [[Muhammad]] via [[Fatima]], the wife of [[Ali]], the fourth Muslim [[Caliphate|Caliph]]. Red is also the color that was used by the [[Sharif of Mecca|sharifs of Mecca]] and the [[imams of Yemen]]. 

On 17 November 1915, Sultan [[Yusef of Morocco|Yusef]] signed a [[Moroccan Dahir|dahir]] introducing the current flag design.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ledesk.ma/grandangle/la-fabuleuse-histoire-des-drapeaux-marocains/|title=La fabuleuse histoire des drapeaux marocains|website=Le Desk|language=en-US|access-date=2019-07-22}}</ref> 

While Morocco was under French and Spanish control, the red flag with the pentagram remained in use but only inland since its [[maritime flag|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>{{cite web
 |url          = https://www.maroc.ma/en/content/flag-kingdom-morocco
 |title        = Flag of the Kingdom of Morocco
 |website      = Kingdom of Morocco
 |date         = 29 April 2013
 |publisher    = Department of Communication
 |access-date  = 15 January 2023
 |archive-date = 11 August 2013
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20130811012128/https://www.maroc.ma/en/content/flag-kingdom-morocco
 |url-status   = dead
}} (However, compare the pentagram in that page's upper left corner.)</ref>


{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
![[File:Flag of Morocco.svg|30px]]<br>Colour scheme  !! style="background-color:#B7312C"|<span style="color:white;">Bright Red</span> !! style="background-color:#006341"|<span style="color:white;">Palm Green</span>
|-
| '''[[RGB color model|RGB]]''' || 183, 49, 44 || 0, 99, 65 
|-
| '''[[Hexadecimal]]''' || #B7312C || #006341 
|-
| '''[[CMYK color model|CMYK]]''' || 0, 73, 76, 28 || 100, 0, 34, 61 
|-
| '''[[Pantone]]''' ||7620 C ||3425 C
|}

=== Construction sheet ===
{{Gallery|Flag of Morocco (construction sheet).svg|Construction sheet of the flag of Morocco|height=250|width=360}}

=== Variants ===
<gallery>
File:Flag of Morocco.svg|Non-interlaced pentagram
File:Flag of Morocco unbordered.svg|Thicker non-interlaced pentagram
File:Flag of Morocco (large stroke).svg|Interlaced pentagram
File:Flag of Morocco 1slash6.svg|1/6 circle interlaced pentagram
</gallery>

==History==
{{See also|'alam al-mansûr}}
In the 17th century, when Morocco became ruled by the current [['Alawi dynasty|'Alawid dynasty]], its flag was solid red at first.{{Citation needed|date=May 2023}} The [[Sharifate of Mecca|Sharifs of Makkah]] used that as a reference colour.
{{Quotation|text=To be known from this book, may God uphold its value and to be around the centre of grace and joy its [[orbit]], that due to the promotion of our [[Morocco|Sherifian Kingdom]] affairs, the spread of its glory and its pride, the need to assign a flag that distinct it from the rest of the kingdoms as that our sacred ancestors flag use to be very similar to some other flags especially the ones used in the marine signs, our noble vision decided to distinct our joyful flag by making the [[pentagram|five-pointed]] [[seal of Solomon]] in the middle in green, asking the almighty god to keep it waving with the winds of fortune and ambition for this time and the becoming, Amen and peace.|author=[[Yusef of Morocco|Mawlay Yusef]]|source=17 November 1915<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20210717014503/http://www.sgg.gov.ma/BO/fr/1915/bo_162_fr.pdf ''Protectorat de la République Française au Maroc - Bulletin Officiel'' (see page 838), 29th of November 1915, archived in July 2021]</ref>}}

{{Quotation|text=In accordance with the seventh article of the constitution, the emblem of the Kingdom shall be a red flag with a five-pointed green star in the center.
The flag shall be made with fabric of bright red, opaque and rectangular in shape.
The star shall be open, palm green, made of five continuous branches and woven in the same fabric where it must be visible on both sides of the flag. One of its points must point upwards.
The hoist [''[[Glossary of vexillology#Flag_elements|vertical dimension of a flag]]''] of the flag equals two thirds ({{frac|2|3}}) of its fly [''[[Glossary of vexillology#Flag_elements|horizontal length of a flag]]''].
The star is inscribed in an invisible circle whose radius equals one sixth ({{frac|1|6}}) of the flag's fly [''[[Glossary of vexillology#Flag_elements|horizontal length of a flag]]''] and whose centre is the intersection point of the invisible diagonal lines of the flag's rectangular shape. 
The width of each one of the branches of the star shall be {{frac|1|20}} of its length.|author=[[Mohammed VI of Morocco|Mohammed VI]]|source=23 November 2005<ref>[http://81.192.52.100/BO/AR/2005/BO_5378_ar.pdf About the characteristics of the Kingdom's emblem and national anthem (BO-5378-ar ''page 5'')] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170703080602/http://81.192.52.100/BO/AR/2005/BO_5378_ar.pdf |date=3 July 2017 }} - [http://81.192.52.100/BO/fr/2005/bo_5378_fr.pdf bo-5378-fr ''page 6''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160616194554/http://81.192.52.100/BO/fr/2005/bo_5378_fr.pdf |date=16 June 2016 }}</ref>}}
[[File:Flag of Morocco HV.svg|200px|thumb|right|Wide and vertical presentations]]

On 8 May 2010, a Moroccan flag with a size of {{convert|60409.78|m2|sqft acre|sigfig=3}}, weighing {{convert|20000|kg|ST}}, was set in [[Dakhla, Western Sahara|Dakhla]], a city in the disputed territory of [[Western Sahara]]. It was certified by [[Guinness World Records]] as the largest flag ever draped.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.maroc.ma/PortailInst/An/logoevenementiel/Morocco+to+enter+Guinness+Book+for+biggest+flag.htm |title=Actualités du Maroc |access-date=July 24, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719055556/http://www.maroc.ma/PortailInst/An/logoevenementiel/Morocco+to+enter+Guinness+Book+for+biggest+flag.htm |archive-date=July 19, 2011 }}{{failed verification|date=December 2012}}</ref>

=== Other historical flags ===
<gallery>
File:Flag of Morocco (1666–1915).svg|Flag of Morocco under the [[Alawi dynasty]] (1666–1915)
File:Flag of the Republic of the Rif.svg|Flag of the [[Republic of the Rif]] (1921–1926)
File:Merchant flag of French Morocco.svg|Merchant flag of the [[French protectorate in Morocco]] (1919–1956)<ref>[https://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/ma_fr.html Flags of the world: French Protectorate of Morocco]</ref>
File:Merchant flag of Spanish Morocco.svg|Merchant flag of the [[Spanish protectorate in Morocco]] (1937–1956)<ref>[https://www.fotw.info/flags/ma_es.html Flags of the world: Spanish Protectorate of Morocco]</ref>
File:Flag of International Tangier.svg|Merchant flag of the [[Tangier International Zone]] (1953–1957)<ref>[https://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/ma-t_iz.html Flags of the world: International Zone of Tangiers]</ref>
</gallery>

==Other national flags==
<gallery>
File:Morocco gov index commercial.svg|Civil ensign
File:Morocco gov index naval warfare.svg|Naval ensign
File:Naval Jack of Morocco.svg|Naval jack
File:Royal Flag of Morocco.svg|Royal flag
File:Royal standard of Morocco.svg|Royal standard
</gallery>

==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

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{FOTW|id=ma|title=Morocco}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20131228031926/https://www.fotw.info/flags/ma_hist.html Morocco Historical Flags], FOTW

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