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EGYPT

.EG

Official name:

Arab Republic of Egypt

*Arabic / جمهوريّة مصرالعربيّة - Ŷumhūriyyat Miṣr Al-ʿArabiyyah

Capital: Cairo

Idiom: Arab

Form of Government: Semipresidentialist republic

Currency: Egyptian Pound

Demonym: Egyptian/-cia

Administrative divition: 27 governorates

FLAG

The flag of the Arab Republic of Egypt is a tricolor consisting of three equal red, white and black horizontal bands based on the Arab Liberation Flag of the Egyptian Revolution of 1952. In the center of the middle band is the Eagle of Saladin, the national symbol of Egypt since 1952, and an emblem of Arab nationalism that also serves as the national symbol of Iraq, Palestine, and Yemen, and previously of the United Arab Republic, North and South Yemen, and the Libyan Arab Republic.

National flag

Ratio: 2 x 3

The Egyptian Free Officers who overthrew King Farouk in the 1952 Revolution assigned specific symbolism to each of the three bands of the revolutionary and liberation flag. The red band symbolizes the blood of the Egyptians in the war against colonization. The white band symbolizes the purity of the heart of the Egyptians. The black band below the white symbolizes the way in which darkness is overcome.

The flag of the Revolution and Liberation of Egypt was then an inspiration for various Arab countries and was adopted by many Arab states. The same horizontal tricolor is used by Iraq, Syria, Sudan, and Yemen (and earlier Libya), the only difference being the presence (or absence) of distinctive national emblems on the white band.

OTHER FLAGS

Naval Pavilion

Ratio: 2 x 3

Presidential Flag

Ratio: 2 x 3

CONSTRUCTION

A : 9 | B : 4

COLORS

33 %

Red

HEX CODE

# ce1126

SYMBOLIZES:

THE BLOOD SHED BY THE EGYPTIANS IN THE WAR AGAINST COLONIZATION

33 %

White

HEX CODE

#ffffff

SYMBOLIZES:

THE PURITY OF THE HEART OF THE EGYPTIANS

33 %

Black

HEX CODE

# 000000

SYMBOLIZES:

THE WAY IN WHICH THE DARKNESS IS OVERCOME

3 %

Golden

HEX CODE

# c09300

HISTORY

flag of the

Viceroyalty of Egypt

1831 - 1922

flag of the

kingdom of egypt

1922 - 1953

flag of the

egyptian revolution

1953 - 1958

flag of the

United Arab Republic

1958 - 1961

Flag of

Egypt

1961 - 1972

Flag of

Egypt

1972 - 1984

Bandera del Virreinato de Egipto | 1831 - 1922

flag of the

Viceroyalty of Egypt

1831 - 1922

Bandera del Reino de Egipto | 1922 - 1953

flag of the

kingdom of egypt

1922 - 1953

Bandera de la Revolución Egipcia | 1953 - 1958

flag of the

egyptian revolution

1953 - 1958

Bandera de la República Árabe Unida | 1958 - 1961

flag of the

United Arab Republic

1958 - 1961

Flag of

Egypt

1961 - 1972

Flag of

Egypt

1972 - 1984

REGIONAL FLAGS

flag of the

Governorate of

Alexandria

flag of the

Governorate of

assiut

flag of the

Governorate of

Aswan

flag of the

Governorate of

Behera

flag of the

Governorate of

Beni Suef

flag of the

Governorate of

Caliubia

flag of the

Governorate of

dakahlia

flag of the

Governorate of

Damietta

flag of the

Governorate of

Cairo

flag of the

Governorate of

fayoum

flag of the

Governorate of

Giza

flag of the

Governorate of

Ismailia

flag of the

Governorate of

Kafr el Sheikh

flag of the

Governorate of

luxor

flag of the

Governorate of

Red Sea

flag of the

Governorate of

matrou

flag of the

Governorate of

minya

flag of the

Governorate of

Menufia

flag of the

Governorate of

new valley

flag of the

Governorate

Western (Gharbia)

flag of the

Governorate

Eastern (Sharqia)

flag of the

Governorate of

Port Said

flag of the

Governorate of

flute

flag of the

Governorate of

North Sinai

flag of the

Governorate of

South Sinai

flag of the

Governorate of

Suez

flag of the

Governorate of

Suhag

SHIELD

The coat of arms of Egypt was adopted in 1958 during the formation of the United Arab Republic. It is a golden sable eagle that holds on its chest a shield with the colors of the national flag placed on a stick. The eagle rests on a ribbon on which the official name of Egypt can be read, written in Arabic using Kufic calligraphy.

The figure (the support in heraldic terminology) of the eagle, called the Eagle of Saladin, has a design based on a carving in the shape of this bird of prey sculpted on a wall in Cairo. The use of the eagle in emblems of the Arab world is relatively recent, and is currently also used by Iraq and Palestine (both the State and the Palestinian Authority, although in different colors). Previously it was also used by Libya and Yemen (which later changed it to the Quraysh falcon – another emblem of the Arab world).

BRAZIL

WORLD FLAGS

SITE ON THE ORIGIN, DESIGN AND SYMBOLOGY OF THE FLAGS OF THE WORLD

EGYPT

.EG

A : 9 | B : 4