What does ๐ช๐ญ Western Sahara Flag mean?
Western Sahara is a disputed territory in North-West Africa. The flag associated with it is that of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic: black, white and green stripes with a red triangle at the hoist and a red crescent and star on the white. Morocco administers most of the territory and considers it part of its own, and its final status remains unresolved. The emoji mostly appears in news, history and Sahrawi heritage posts.
Technically, ๐ช๐ญ is not a single character: it is the pair of regional indicator letters ๐ช ๐ญ, which spell the region code EH. Apps that support flags combine the two letters into a flag; Windows does not draw country flags, so on Windows you see the letters EH instead โ the emoji still arrives as a flag on the recipientโs phone.
๐ช๐ญ Western Sahara Flag is an emoji from the Flags category (country flags), added in Emoji 2.0 in 2015.
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๐ช๐ญ Western Sahara Flag on Apple, Google, Microsoft & more
The code is the same everywhere, but every company draws its own artwork. This is how Western Sahara Flag looks on each platform.
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How do I copy and paste the Western Sahara Flag emoji?
Press the Copy button at the top of this page and ๐ช๐ญ is copied to your clipboard. Then paste it anywhere with Ctrl+V, Cmd+V or a long press on your phone. In Slack, Discord and GitHub you can also type the shortcode :flag-eh:.
When was the Western Sahara Flag emoji added?
๐ช๐ญ Western Sahara Flag was added in Emoji 2.0, released in 2015. It is supported on all current versions of iOS, Android, Windows and macOS.
Why does the Western Sahara Flag emoji show as letters?
Flag emojis are made of two regional indicator letters (EH). Windows does not include flag artwork, so it shows the letters instead. Phones, Macs and most apps display the full ๐ช๐ญ flag.