List of Tanzanian flags explained

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

Government Flags

German East Africa

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1884-1891		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		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

Regional Flags

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	2005–Present		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		A horizontal tricolour of green (top), black and green.^[6]
	1957-1977		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		A green field with the party emblem in the top-left canton.

Historical Flags

Portuguese Zanzibar

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

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^[10]

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1891–1918		A tricolour, made of three equal horizontal bands coloured black (top), white, and red (bottom)
	1918-1919		A tricolour, made of three equal horizontal bands coloured black (top), red, and gold (bottom).

British Rule^[11]

Flag	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		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.

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]

See also

• Flag of Tanzania
• Coat of arms of Tanzania

Notes and References

1. Web site: Tanzania . 2022-05-17 . www.crwflags.com.
2. Web site: 2013-11-25 . 2022-05-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131125222553/http://www.tanzania.go.tz/profilef.html . 25 November 2013 . dead.
3. Web site: Tanzania: President . 2022-05-17 . www.crwflags.com.
4. Web site: Zanzibar (Tanzania) . 2022-05-19 . www.crwflags.com.
5. Web site: Zanzibar (Tanzania) . 2022-05-19 . www.crwflags.com.
6. Web site: Tanzanian: Political party flags . 2022-05-19 . www.crwflags.com.
7. Web site: Zanzibar (to 1890) . 2022-05-19 . www.crwflags.com.
8. Web site: History of Tanzania . 6 August 2014 . Lonely Planet.
9. Web site: Sultanate of Zanzibar (1963-1964) . 2022-05-19 . www.crwflags.com.
10. Web site: Zanzibar (to 1890) . 2022-05-19 . www.crwflags.com.
11. Web site: British Resident of Zanzibar (1890 - 1963) . 2022-05-19 . www.crwflags.com.
12. Web site: Zanzibar (Tanzania) . 2022-05-19 . www.crwflags.com.
13. Web site: Zanzibar (Tanzania) . 2022-05-19 . www.crwflags.com.