Flag of Tanzania

Tanzania

Use	National flag and civil and state ensign
Proportion	2:3
Adopted	30 June 1964
Design	A yellow-edged black diagonal band divided diagonally from the lower hoist-side corner. The upper triangle is green and the lower triangle is blue.

The flag of Tanzania was adopted on 30 June 1964. It was a merger of the flags of Tanganyika and Zanzibar.

The flag is divided diagonally by a yellow-edged black band from the lower hoist-side corner. The upper triangle (hoist side) is green and the lower triangle is blue. Green represents the natural vegetation present in the country, yellow represents the rich mineral deposits of the country, black represents the skin colour of Tanzanians, and blue represents the numerous lakes and rivers and the Indian Ocean.

Flag of Tanganyika (1 May 1961 to 26 April 1964) and Tanzania (26 April 1964 to 30 June 1964)

Flag of Zanzibar (29 January 1964 to 26 April 1964)

The colours of the flag have been specified by the Planning and Privatisation department of the President’s Office of Tanzania.

Scheme	Black	Blue	Green	Gold
British Standard 2660 of 1955	9-103	0-012	0-010	0-002

References

• Tanzania at Flags of the World
• Country Profile, at The Tanzania National Website (Tanzania Government). Accessed 16 February 2006.