Meaning
Sudan's flag features three horizontal stripes of red, white, and black, with a green triangle on the hoist side. The colors carry symbolic weight: red represents the blood of those who died for independence, white represents peace and optimism, black honors Sudan's people, and the green triangle represents Islam and the nation's identity. This design reflects Sudan's position in Northeast Africa.
You'll see this flag used in discussions about Sudan, African politics, and the Nile region. People use it when talking about Sudanese culture, travel to Khartoum, or referencing Sudanese history and current events. It appears in educational content about African geography, in news contexts discussing regional developments, and in posts celebrating Sudanese heritage by diaspora communities.
The flag also features in conversations about Arab-African identity, Islamic culture, and geopolitical topics affecting the Horn of Africa region. It's common in content about Nile River nations and discussions of North and East African interconnections.
Sudan's flag was officially adopted following the nation's independence. Approved as part of Unicode Emoji 2.0 in 2015, this flag now represents Sudan across digital platforms, helping bring visibility to this historically significant African nation in global conversations.
Common Uses
- • Discussing Sudanese culture and heritage
- • Referencing North African topics
- • Talking about travel to Sudan
- • Celebrating Arab-African identity
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Did You Know?
Sudan is home to more pyramids than Egypt, with over 200 pyramids dotting the landscape, yet this fact remains lesser-known globally.
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Platform Shortcodes
:sudan: :flag-sd: :sudan: Developer Codes
| HTML (decimal) | 🇸🇩 |
| HTML (hex) | 🇸🇩 |
| CSS | \1F1F8\1F1E9 |
| JavaScript | \uD83C\uDDF8\uD83C\uDDE9 |
| Python | \U0001F1F8\U0001F1E9 |
| Java | \uD83C\uDDF8\uD83C\uDDE9 |
| Perl | \x{1F1F8}\x{1F1E9} |
| PHP / Ruby | \x{1F1F8}\x{1F1E9} |
| Punycode | xn--2qd4-2qcp |
| URL Encoded | %F0%9F%87%B8%F0%9F%87%A9 |
| UTF-8 Bytes | 0xF0 0x9F 0x87 0xB8 0xF0 0x9F 0x87 0xA9 |
🇸🇩 in 28 languages
Names sourced from Unicode CLDR and emojibase.
| Language | Name |
|---|---|
| Bengali | পতাকা: সুদান |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 旗: 苏丹 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 旗子:蘇丹 |
| Danish | Sudan |
| Dutch | vlag: Soedan |
| English | flag: Sudan |
| English (UK) | flag: Sudan |
| Estonian | lipp: Sudaan |
| Finnish | lippu: Sudan |
| French | drapeau : Soudan |
| German | Flagge: Sudan |
| Hindi | झंडा: सूडान |
| Hungarian | zászló: Szudán |
| Italian | bandiera: Sudan |
| Japanese | 旗: スーダン |
| Korean | 깃발: 수단 |
| Lithuanian | vėliava: Sudanas |
| Malay | bendera: Sudan |
| Norwegian | flagg: Sudan |
| Polish | flaga: Sudan |
| Portuguese | bandeira: Sudão |
| Russian | флаг: Судан |
| Spanish | Bandera: Sudán |
| Spanish (Mexico) | Bandera: Sudán |
| Swedish | flagga: Sudan |
| Thai | ธง: ซูดาน |
| Ukrainian | прапор: Судан |
| Vietnamese | cờ: Sudan |