List of Tanzanian flags

The following is a list of flags and banners used in Tanzania.

National flag

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1964–Present	Flag of Tanzania	A Yellow-edged black diagonal band divided diagonally from the lower hoist-side corner: the upper triangle is green and the lower triangle is light blue.[1][2]

Government flags

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1964–Present	Presidential flag of Tanzania	A green field with a blue border with the national coat of arms (without humans) imposed at the center.[3]

German East Africa

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1884-1891	Flags of The German East Africa Company	A white lion, white tree, and five white stars on a red field, surrounded by a black and white patterned border.
			A white field with a centred black cross; five white stars on a red field in the canton.
	1891-1918	Flag of the Imperial Colonial Office	A tricolor, made of three equal horizontal bands coloured black (top), white, and red (bottom) defaced with the Reichsadler in the centre.
	1904-?	Flag of the East African Railroad Company	A per saltire divided into four panels of white (top and bottom), black (hoist side), and red (fly side), charged with the company's emblem.

Sultanate of Zanzibar

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1952-1963	Flag of The British Resident Minister of Zanzibar	The flag of Britain defaced with the emblem of the Resident Minister of Zanzibar.

Regional flags

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	2005–Present	Flag of Zanzibar	Horizontal tricolour of blue, black, and green with the national flag of Tanzania in the canton.[4]
	1964-2005	Flag of Zanzibar	Zanzibar formerly used the national flag.[5]

Political flags

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1954-1977	Flag of the Tanganyika African National Union	A horizontal tricolour of green (top), black and green.[6]
	1957-1977	Flag of the Afro-Shirazi Party	A tricolor, made of three equal horizontal bands coloured light blue (top), black, and green (bottom) defaced with a yellow hoe in the centre.
	1977–Present	Flag of the Chama Cha Mapinduzi	A green field with the party emblem in the top-left canton.

Historical flags

Kilwa Sultanate

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	957–1513	Flag of the Kilwa Sultanate	A swallowtailed bicoloured banner of yellow and red with 2 white crescent moons.

Portuguese Zanzibar

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1505-1521	Flag of the Kingdom of Portugal	A white field with the coat of arms in the center.
	1521-1578
	1578-1640
	1616-1640 (Putative)
	1640-1667
	1667-1698

Omani Zanzibar

Flag[7]	Date	Use	Description
	1698–1856	Flag of the Omani Empire	A White Field with red Arabic script above and a red sword pointed to the right.

Sultanate of Zanzibar

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1856-1861	Flag of the Sultanate of Zanzibar	13 horizontal stripes. 4 red, 4 green, 2 white and 3 yellow with 8 green crescent moons. 3 in the superior and inferior yellow stripes and 2 in the central yellow stripe.
	1896–1963	Flag of the Sultanate of Zanzibar (British protectorate)	a simple red field.[8]
	1963–1964	Flag of the Sultanate of Zanzibar	A red field with a green disk in the centre bearing two yellow cloves in the centre.[9]

German rule

Flag[10]	Date	Use	Description
	1891–1918	Flag of the German Empire	A tricolour, made of three equal horizontal bands coloured black (top), white, and red (bottom)
	1918-1919	Flag of the Weimar Republic	A tricolour, made of three equal horizontal bands coloured black (top), red, and gold (bottom).

British rule

Flag[11]	Date	Use	Description
	1890-1963	Flag of the United Kingdom (used dually in Zanzibar and Tanganyika)	A superimposition of the flags of England and Scotland with the Saint Patrick's Saltire (representing Ireland).
	1919–1961	Flag of Tanganyika Territory	A British Red Ensign with the Emblem of the British League of Nations mandate (a British UN Trust Territory after 1946) centred on the outer half of the flag.

Republic of Tanganyika

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1961–1964	Flag of Tanganyika	A green field with a gold-edged black horizontal band in the centre.

People's Republic of Zanzibar

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	January 1964	Flag of the People's Republic of Zanzibar	A horizontal tricolour of black, yellow and blue.[12]
	January–April 1964	Flag of the People's Republic of Zanzibar	A horizontal tricolour of blue, black and green.[13]

Proposed flag

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1914	Proposed Flag of German East Africa	A tricolor, made of three equal horizontal bands coloured black (top), white, and red (bottom) defaced with a proposed coat of arms in the center.

See also

• Flag of Tanzania
• Coat of arms of Tanzania

References

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12. "Zanzibar (Tanzania)". www.crwflags.com. Retrieved 2022-05-19.
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