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[[File:Flag of Tanzania.svg|thumb|250px|right|[[File:FIAV 111111.svg|23px]] Flag ratio: 2:3]]
The '''flag of [[Tanzania]]''' was adopted in 1964.

== History ==
It derives from the flags of [[Tanganyika]] and [[Zanzibar]]. 
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 |-
 |<!--column1-->[[File:Flag of Tanganyika.svg|150px]]
 |<!--column2-->[[File:Zanzibar-jan-avr-1964.svg|150px]]
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 |<!--column1-->Flag of Tanganyika
 |<!--column2-->Flag of Zanzibar
 |}<!--end wikitable-->

== Description ==
The flag is divided diagonally by a yellow-edged black band from the lower hoist-side corner. The upper triangle (hoist side) is green and the lower triangle is blue.

*The green colour in the flag represents the natural vegetation present in the country.
*The yellow colour represents rich mineral deposits of the country.
*The Black colour represents the skin colour of Tanzanians
*The blue colour represents the numerous lakes and rivers and the [[Indian Ocean]].

The colours of the flag have been specified by the Planning and Privatisation department of the President’s Office of Tanzania.
{| width="60%" border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" style="background: #f9f9f9; border: 1px solid #aaaaaa; border-collapse: collapse; white-space: nowrap; text-align: left"
|- style="text-align: center; background: #eee"
! Scheme
! Black
! Blue
! Green
! Gold
|-
| British Standard 2660 of 1955
| 9-103
| 0-012
| 0-010
| 0-002
|}

==References==
[http://www.tanzania.go.tz/profilef.html Country Profile], at ''The Tanzania National Website'' (Tanzania Government). Accessed 16 February 2006.

== External links ==
*{{FOTW|id=tz|title=Tanzania}}

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[[cs:Vlajka Tanzanie]]
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[[fr:Drapeau de la Tanzanie]]
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