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Africa

Tanzania

Ratio: 2:3 Adopted: June 30, 1964 Usage: National and Civil

Green and black,
taken from the old
Tanganyikan flag,
represent the land
and the people

Blue, taken from the
flag of Zanzibar,
represents the sea
Yellow symbolizes
mineral wealth

Africa
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zambique
The original flag of independent white stripe along the hoist.
Tanganyika was derived from that
of the Tanganyika African National A NEW UNITED FLAG
Union, the dominant party at the When the two countries united to
time. This was horizontal stripes of form Tanzania, a new national flag
green-black-green. For the national was created which combined the
flag, yellow fimbriations were placed colors of Tanganyika and Zanzibar.
between the green and the black. The country’s coat of arms was also
Derived from the Afro-Shirazi altered to include the new national
Party, the flag of Zanzibar is green, flag in the shield, again to reflect the
black, and blue stripes, with a vertical new union of the two countries.
FLAG OF ZANZIBAR
The national flag was These are the colors of
added as a canton to the the Afro-Shirazi Party,
revolutionary flag of 1964 who overthrew the ruling
Sultan in 1964