File:Flag of Morocco.svg

Flag of Morocco*
country	Morocco
used by	Morocco, Western Sahara
current since	1915-11-17
created by	Yusef of Morocco
format	2:3
shape	rectangular
FIAV	↑
colours	bright red, palm green
other characteristics	flag has a green interwoven pentagram centered on a red field

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Description

Flag of Morocco (SVG rendering of the official text).

ⵜⴰⵎⴰⵣⵉⵖⵜ ⵜⴰⵏⴰⵡⴰⵢⵜ: ⴰⵛⵏⵢⴰⵍ ⵏ ⵎⵓⵔⴰⴽⵓⵛ

العربية: علم المغرب

Asturianu: Bandera de Marruecos

Bosanski: Zastava Maroka

Deutsch: Flagge von Marokko

Ελληνικά: Σημαία του Μαρόκου

English: The flag of Morocco

Esperanto: Flago de Maroko

Español: Bandera de Marruecos

Euskara: Marokoko bandera

Suomi: Marokon lippu

Français : Drapeau du Maroc

עברית: דגל מרוקו

Magyar: Marokkó zászlaja

Bahasa Indonesia: Bendera Maroko

Italiano: Bandiera del Marocco

日本語: モロッコの国旗

Lietuvių: Maroko vėliava

Nederlands: Vlag van Marokko

Norsk bokmål: Marokkos flagg

Polski: Flaga Maroka

Português: Bandeira de Marrocos

Română: Steagul Marocului

Русский: Флаг Марокко

Slovenčina: Vlajka Maroka

Slovenščina: Državna zastava Maroka

Svenska: Marockos flagga

Kiswahili: Bendera ya Moroko

Walon : Drapea do Marok

中文：摩洛哥國旗

Date

17 September 2005, based on the Moroccan royal decree of 17 November 1915.

Source

Moroccan royal decree (17 November 1915), BO-135-ar page 6 (Arabic) - BO-162_fr page 6 (French)

English Translation: Cherifian Dahir in the distinction of the Moroccan flag — To be known from this book, may God uphold its value and to be around the centre of grace and joy its orbit, that due to the promotion of our cherifian kingdom affairs, the spread of its glory and its pride, the need to assign a flag that distinct it from the rest of the kingdoms as that our sacred ancestors flag use to be very similar to some other flags especially the ones used in the marine signs, our noble vision decided to distinct our joyful flag by making the five pointed seal of Solomon in the middle in green, asking the almighty god to keep it waving with the winds of fortune and ambition for this time and the becoming, Amen and peace.

Moroccan royal decree (23 November 2005), BO-5378-ar page 5 (Arabic) - BO-5378-fr page 6 (French)

English Translation: Cherifian Dahir number 1.05.99 issued in 20 Shawwal 1426 (23 November 2005) about the characteristics of the Kingdom's emblem and national anthem — In accordance with the seventh article of the constitution, the emblem of the Kingdom shall be a red flag with a five-pointed green star in the center. The flag shall be made with fabric of bright red, opaque and rectangular in shape. The star shall be open, palm green, made of five continuous branches and woven in the same fabric where it must be visible on both sides of the flag. One of its points must point upwards. The hoist [vertical dimension of a flag] of the flag equals two thirds (2/3) of its fly [horizontal length of a flag]. The star is inscribed in an invisible circle whose radius equals one sixth (1/6) of the flag's fly [horizontal length of a flag] and whose centre is the intersection point of the invisible diagonal lines of the flag's rectangular. The width of each one of the branchs of the star shall be 1/20 of its length.

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Author

Denelson83, Zscout370

Permission
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Morocco

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Other versions

Construction sheet
Pantone

Current flags
State flag (1915 - present)
Civil Ensign (1915 - present)
Naval Ensign (1915 - present)

Historical flags
Flag of Morocco (Idrisid dynasty), 780–974
Flag of Morocco (Almoravid dynasty), 1070–1147
Flag of Morocco (Almohad dynasty), 1147–1248
Flag of Morocco, used along with a white banner (Marinid, Wattasid and Saadi dynasties), 1248–1659
Flag of Morocco (Alaouite dynasty), 1666–1915

SVG development

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Colours

The colors approximation is listed below:

Flag of Morocco.svg: Colours scheme	Bright Red	Palm Green
RGB	193-39-45	0-98-51
Hexadecimal	#c1272d	#006233
CMYK	0, 80, 77, 24	100, 0, 48, 62
Pantone	7620 C	3425 C

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File history

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Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
01:23, 27 February 2015	900 × 600 (3 KB)	Omar-toons	Per official use
18:20, 23 February 2015	900 × 600 (2 KB)	Fry1989	Please gain a consensus to override previous proportions.
17:58, 23 February 2015	900 × 600 (3 KB)	Omar-toons	Reverted to version as of 16:14, 20 February 2015 : see talk please
17:43, 21 February 2015	900 × 600 (2 KB)	Fry1989	Precision fix
18:39, 20 February 2015	900 × 600 (292 bytes)	Fry1989	The previous used an original construction sheet.
16:14, 20 February 2015	900 × 600 (3 KB)	Omar-toons	bigger star, acc. to Moroccan Gov's official website (see talk page for links)
09:13, 13 May 2014	900 × 600 (292 bytes)	Odder	fulfilling edit request from the talk page; smaller file size
01:45, 29 May 2012	900 × 600 (930 bytes)	Zscout370	http://www.mpm.gov.ma/reglementation/dahir/code_CM_28joumada.pdf "CHAPITRE V : DU PAVILLON MAROCAIN" of "Code de commerce maritime du 28 joumada II 1337 (31 mars 1919) (B.O.du 26mai 1919, p. 478 et rectif. 15 ao ût 1930, p. 953)."
04:45, 21 April 2010	900 × 600 (1 KB)	Fry1989	Reverted to version as of 22:29, 11 April 2010
11:30, 20 April 2010	900 × 600 (1 KB)	Flad	#e52f36