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The following is a list of flags and banners used in Tanzania .
National Flag [ edit ]
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 [ edit ]
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]
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.
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 [ edit ]
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 [ edit ]
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 [ edit ]
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 [ edit ]
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[7] [ edit ]
Flag
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 [ edit ]
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]
Flag
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).
Flag
Date
Use
Description
1961–1964
Flag of Tanganyika
A green field with a gold-edged black horizontal band in the centre.
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 [ edit ]
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 [ edit ]
References [ edit ]
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