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Flag of Tanzania

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Flag of Tanzania

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FieldValue
NameUnited Republic of Tanzania
ImageFlag of Tanzania.svg
Use111110
Symbol
Proportion2:3
Adoption
DesignA golden-edged black diagonal band divided diagonally from the lower hoist-side corner: the upper triangle is green and the lower triangle is light blue.
Image2Flag of the President of Tanzania.svg
Nickname2Presidential Standard of Tanzania
Proportion22:3
Design2A green field with a blue border with the national coat of arms (without humans) imposed at the center.
Tanzanian flag at the [[University of Dar es Salaam

The national flag of Tanzania (bendera ya Tanzania) consists of a gold-edged black bend, divided diagonally from the lower hoist-side corner, with a green upper triangle and light blue lower triangle. Adopted in 1964 to replace the individual flags of Tanganyika and Zanzibar, it has been the flag of the United Republic of Tanzania since the two states merged that year. The design of the present flag incorporates the elements from the two former flags. It is one of a relatively small number of national flags incorporating a diagonal line (heraldic bend, bend sinister), with other examples including the DR Congo, Republic of the Congo, Namibia, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Trinidad and Tobago and Brunei.

History

The United Kingdom – together with its dominion South Africa and fellow Allied power Belgium – occupied the majority of German East Africa in 1916 during the East African Campaign. Three years later, the British were tasked with administering the Tanganyika Territory as a League of Nations mandate. It was turned into a UN Trust Territory after World War II, when the LN dissolved in 1946 and the United Nations was formed. In 1954, the Tanganyika African Association – which spoke out against British colonial rule Shortly before independence in 1961, elections were held in Tanganyika. After the TANU won comprehensively, the British colonial leaders advised them to utilise the design of their party's flag as inspiration for a new national flag. As a result, yellow stripes were added, and Tanganyika became independent on 9 December 1961.

The Sultanate of Zanzibar – which was a British protectorate until 1963 This consisted of a tricolour with three horizontal blue, black and green bands.

In April 1964, both Tanganyika and Zanzibar united in order to form a single country – the United Republic of Tanzania. The green and black colours from the flag of Tanganyika were retained along with the blue from Zanzibar's flag,Since 2005, Zanzibar has also used its own regional flag: a horizontal arrangement of blue, black, and green with the national flag of Tanzania in the canton. The design reflects Zanzibar’s identity within the union while maintaining visual ties to Tanzania’s national colours.

Design

Symbolism

The colors and symbols of the flag carry cultural, political, and regional meanings. The green alludes to the natural vegetation and "rich agricultural resources" of the country, derived from the "rich deposits" in the land. While Whitney Smith in the Encyclopædia Britannica and Dorling Kindersley's Complete Flags of the World describe the fimbriations as yellow, other sources – such as The World Factbook and Simon Clarke in the journal Azania: Archaeological Research in Africa – contend that it is actually gold.

Historical flags

FlagDurationUseDescription
[[File:Flag of the German East Africa Company.svgborder100px]]1885–1891Flag of German East Africa
[[File:Reichskolonialflagge.svgborder100px]]1891–1918Flag of German East AfricaA horizontal black-white-red tricolour with the German Reichsadler in a white circle in the middle.
[[File:Flag of Tanganyika (1923–1961).svgborder100px]]1919–1961Flag of Tanganyika TerritoryA 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.
[[File:Flag of Tanganyika (1961–1964).svgborder100px]]1961–1964Flag of TanganyikaA green field with a gold-edged black horizontal band in the centre.
[[File:Flag of Portugal (1495).svgborder100px]]1505–1521Flag of Portuguese ZanzibarA white field with the coat of arms in the center.
[[File:Flag of Portugal (1521).svgborder100px]]1521–1578Flag of Portuguese ZanzibarA white field with the coat of arms in the center.
[[File:Flag of Portugal (1578).svgborder100px]]1578–1640Flag of Portuguese ZanzibarA white field with the coat of arms in the center.
[[File:Flag of Portugal (1640).svgborder100px]]1640–1667Flag of Portuguese ZanzibarA white field with the coat of arms in the center.
[[File:Flag of Portugal (1667).svgborder100px]]1667–1698Flag of Portuguese ZanzibarA white field with the coat of arms in the center.
[[File:Flag of Muscat.svgborder100px]]1698–1856Flag of Zanzibar as a part of the Omani EmpireA plain red field.
[[File:Flag of the Sultanate of Zanzibar.svgborder100px]]1856–1896Flag of the Sultanate of Zanzibar13 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.
[[File:Flag of Zanzibar Under British Rule.svgborder100px]]1896–1963Flag of the Sultanate of Zanzibar (British protectorate)A plain red field.
[[File:Flag of the Sultanate of Zanzibar (1963).svgborder100px]]1963–1964Flag of the Sultanate of ZanzibarA red field with a green disk in the centre bearing two yellow cloves in the centre.
[[File:Flag of Zanzibar (January 1964).svgborder100px]]12–29 January 1964Flag of the People's Republic of ZanzibarA horizontal tricolour of black, yellow and blue.
[[File:Flag of Zanzibar (January-April 1964).svgborder100px]]29 January–26 April 1964Flag of the People's Republic of ZanzibarA horizontal tricolour of blue, black and green.

References

References

  1. "Tanzania profile". BBC.
  2. "History of Tanzania". Lonely Planet.
  3. Smith, Whitney. (21 November 2013). "Flag of Tanzania". Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc..
  4. (26 December 1965). "First Set Of Stamps Issued By Tanzania". Toledo Blade.
  5. "Zanzibar Flag". Tanzania Safaris.
  6. Clarke, Simon. (2003). "An analysis of a commemorative kanga design". Azania: Archaeological Research in Africa.
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