List of Tanzanian flags
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The following is a list of flags and banners used in Tanzania.
National flag
Government flags
| 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] |
German East Africa
| 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. |
Sultanate of Zanzibar
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
.svg) | 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
| 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
| 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
Kilwa Sultanate
| 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
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
.svg) | 1505-1521 | Flag of the Kingdom of Portugal | A white field with the coat of arms in the center. |
.svg) | 1521-1578 | ||
.svg) | 1578-1640 | ||
.svg) | 1616-1640 (Putative) | ||
.svg) | 1640-1667 | ||
.svg) | 1667-1698 |
Omani Zanzibar
| Flag[7] | 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
| 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] |
.svg) | 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
| Flag[10] | 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) |
.svg) | 1918-1919 | Flag of the Weimar Republic | A tricolour, made of three equal horizontal bands coloured black (top), red, and gold (bottom). |
British rule
| Flag[11] | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
.svg) | 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). |
.svg) | 1919–1961 | Flag of Tanganyika Territory | 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. |
Republic of Tanganyika
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
.svg) | 1961–1964 | Flag of Tanganyika | A green field with a gold-edged black horizontal band in the centre. |
People's Republic of Zanzibar
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Proposed flag
| 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
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