Tanzania

National & state flag
Ratio 2:3 | Adopted 30 June 1964

United Republic of Tanzania

Independent state in eastern Africa.
Tanganyika a German protectorate 27 May 1885. Zanzibar a UK protectorate 7 November 1890. Tanganyika a German colony 1 January 1891. Tanganyika a UK League of Nations, later United Nations, mandate 20 July 1922. Tanganyika independent 9 December 1961. Sultanate of Zanzibar independent 10 December 1963. Tanganyika and Zanzibar a united republic 27 April 1964.

National flag
Ratio 2:3 | Adopted for Tanganyika 1 May 1961 to 30 June 1964

National flag
Ratio 2:3 | Adopted for Zanzibar 29 January 1964 to 30 June 1964

Territorial flag
Ratio 1:2 | Adopted for Tanganyika 9 March 1923 to 1 May 1961

German East Africa
Ratio 2:3 | Proposal 1914

Zanzibar
Ratio 2:3 | Adopted 11 October 2004

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