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The national flag of the United Arab Emirates was designed by Abdullah Mohammed Al Maainah as a horizontal tri-color design with a vertical band along the hoist with the theme of the flag centering around unity of the Arab nations of the world. The colors selected for the flag are traditional Pan-Arab colors. The horizontal triband consists of three of those colors: green at the top, white in the center, and black at the bottom. The vertical band at the hoist of the flag is red. The colors are used to represent different traits, such as the color green represents hope and prosperity, the color white symbolizes purity, cleanliness, peace, and honesty, an the color black is a representation of strength of the mind. Finally, the color red symbolizes the unity between the Emirates. The country had been fragmented for a long time and the Arab Emirates were not unified until 1971, when the national flag has been adopted.
Historical Flags[]
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Disputed states
Dependencies and overseas territories
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