Flag of Western Sahara
The flag of Western Sahara, adopted in 1976 and flown in a 1:2 ratio. Below: what its colours are, which flags it is confused with, and a short drill to make it stick.
At a glance
| Country | Western Sahara |
|---|---|
| Capital | El Aaiún |
| Proportions | 1:2 |
| Adopted | 1976 |
| Emoji | 🇪🇭 |
| Code | EH · ESH |
Colours of the flag of Western Sahara
The flag of Western Sahara uses 4 colours: red, green, black, white. The swatches below are sampled from the flag artwork itself, so they are the exact values used in the file rather than an approximation.
Flags often confused with Western Sahara
Western Sahara is genuinely easy to mix up with 3 other flags. Compare them side by side here — the difference is usually a ratio, a shade, or the order of two bands.
About the flag of Western Sahara
The flag of Western Sahara — officially Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic — is flown in a 1:2 ratio. Western Sahara sits in Africa, and its flag is part of the standard set used in every quiz on this site.
The current design dates from 1976. Western Sahara has its capital at El Aaiún and a population of about 587 thousand, figures that come from the same dataset the quizzes are built on.
As an emoji the flag is 🇪🇭, produced from the regional indicator letters for EH. The dedicated emoji page has the codepoints, HTML entity, CSS value and shortcode if you need to paste it somewhere.
Test yourself on Western Sahara
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