Flag of United Arab Emirates
Educational illustration shown at 4:3. The reference proportion is 1:2.
How to recognise it
A red vertical band at the hoist, then green, white and black horizontal bands.
- Name in the quiz
- United Arab Emirates
- Also called
- UAE
- UN member state name
- United Arab Emirates
- ISO 3166-1 code
- AE
- Atlas Play pack
- The Middle East (explorer pack), Look-alikes: red, white, black and green
Easily confused with
KuwaitKuwait: a black trapezium at the hoist. United Arab Emirates: a red band at the hoist.
OmanOman: an emblem at the top of the red band, white over green with red between. United Arab Emirates: green, white, black.
SudanUnited Arab Emirates: a red upright band at the hoist. Sudan: a green triangle at the hoist.
Source and checks
Design reference: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates (revision 1373668635) (A horizontal tricolour of green, white and black with a vertical quarter width red bar at the hoist; proportion 1:2). Checked 2026-10-21 by Claude (AI build agent): rendered flag-icons artwork compared side by side with the reference article’s lead image and its infobox design description; no human editorial review yet. Artwork: flag-icons 7.6.0 (package/flags/4x3/ae.svg), MIT licence, licence text; sanitised copy sha256 7d09cb5bb096…. Spotted a mistake? Tell us.