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English: Flag of Sharjah and Ras al-Khaimah, UAE. Keep red shade parallel with the other flags of the United Arab Emirates. Date: 10 February 2006 (original upload date)
Flag Date Use Description 1820–1971: Flag of the United Kingdom: A superimposition of the flags of England and Scotland with the Saint Patrick's Saltire (representing Ireland). 1880–1947: Flag of British India: A Red Ensign with the Union Jack at the canton, defaced with the Star of India emblem displayed in the fly. 1968–1971: Flag of ...
The flag of the United Arab Emirates (علم دولة الإمارات العربية المتحدة) contains the Pan-Arab colors red, green, white, and black. It was designed in 1971 by Abdullah Mohammed Al Maainah, who was 19 years old at that time, and was adopted on 2 December 1971 after winning a nationwide flag design contest.
The emirate of Sharjah comprises the city of Sharjah (the seat of the emirate), and other minor towns and enclaves. The city of Sharjah, which overlooks the Persian Gulf, has a population of 1,600,000 (2022 census). Sharjah City borders Dubai to the south and Ajman to the north, and the three form a conurbation. [20]
Flag [3] Emirate Arabic name Date joined the UAE Capital Area (km 2) [4] Area (sq mi) Abu Dhabi: أبو ظبي ʾAbū dhabī: 2 December 1971: Abu Dhabi: 67,340 26,000 Ajman: عجمان ʿAjmān: 2 December 1971: Ajman: 259 100 Dubai: دبي Dubai: 2 December 1971: Dubai: 4,114 1,590 Fujairah: الفجيرة Al-Fujayrah: 2 December 1971 ...
Sharjah has been officially named as a WHO healthy city. [6] The 2016 edition of QS Best Student Cities ranked Sharjah as the 68th best city in the world to be a university student. [7] Sharjah is regarded as the cultural capital of the UAE, [8] [9] and was the Islamic culture capital of 2014 [10] and Sharjah World Book Capital for 2019 by ...
Emirate of Sharjah: Main article name (Emirate of Sharjah) shortname alias: Sharjah (optional) Display name to be used for the wikilink, if alias is a disambiguated article name, for example: flag alias: Flag of Sharjah and Ras Al Khaimah.svg: Image name (File:Flag of Sharjah and Ras Al Khaimah.svg, shown on right)
Flags of Arab countries, territories, and organisations usually include the color green, which is a symbol of Islam as well as an emblem of purity, fertility and peace. Common colors in Arab flags are Pan-Arab colors (red, black, white and green); common symbols include stars , crescents and the Shahada .