Sunday, Jordanians celebrated National Flag Day, which falls on April 16 of each year.

In March 2021, the Council of Ministers announced that Jordanians will celebrate the national day for the Jordanian flag on April 16.

The Jordanian flag, in its current form, was adopted in 1922. It is inspired, in shape and colors, by the Great Arab Revolt banner, which was raised from the plains of Mecca in 1916. Its black, white and green colors represent the Arab Islamic Umayyad, Abbasid and Fatimid cultures; while the red chevron encompassing the flag’s components represents the Hashemite Family. The heptagram at the center of the chevron symbolizes the seven verses of Surat Al Fatiha, the opening chapter of the Holy Quran.

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Article 4 of the Constitution specifies the form and dimensions of the Jordanian flag as follows: “The length of the flag shall be twice its width. It shall be divided horizontally into three parallel and equal stripes, the uppermost of which shall be black, the center, white and the lowest, green. At the end of the flagstaff, the flag shall have a red chevron, the base of which shall be equal to the flag’s width and the altitude of which shall be half of the flag’s length. In the chevron, there shall be a white seven-pointed star of such a size that it may be one-fourteenth of the flag’s length. The star shall be so placed that its center shall be at the intersection of the lines bisecting the angles of the chevron; and the axis running through one of its points shall be parallel to the base of the chevron.”