Flag of Kuwait

Flag of Kuwait

Infobox flag
Name = Kuwait
Article =
Nickname =



Use = 110111
Symbol =
Proportion = 1:2
Adoption = 7 September, 1961
Design = A horizontal tricolour of Green, white and red with a black trapezium on the hoist side.
Designer =
Type = National

The flag of Kuwait ( _ar. علم الكويت) was adopted on September 7, 1961 and officially hoisted November 24, 1961.

Before 1961, the flag of Kuwait, like those of other Gulf states, was red and white. The present flag is in the Pan-Arab colours, but each colour is also significant in its own right. Black represents the defeat of the enemy, while red is the colour of blood on the Kuwaiti swords. White symbolizes purity, and green is for the fertile land. The idea for the flag's distinctive design (a horizontal tricolour with a black trapezium in the hoist) may have come from the flag used by Iraq until the late 1959.

The colours' meaning came from a poem by Safie Al-Deen Al-Hali:
*White are our deeds
*Black are our battles
*Green are our lands
*Red are our swords

Rules of hanging and flying the flag:
*Horizontally: The green stripe should be on top.
*Vertically: The green strip should be on the right side of the flag.

In 2005, it became the design of the world's largest kite at a size of 1019 square metres. It was made in New Zealand by Peter Lynn, officially launched in Kuwait, and has not been surpassed since.

Other Flags

External links

* [http://www.fotw.net/images/k/kw~j.gifNaval Jack]
* [http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Ithaca/5666/englishhomeflag.html Historical flags of Kuwait (1714 to date)]



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