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Tanzania

Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania / United Republic of Tanzania

• National Flag
• Coat of Arms
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National Flag

On 26 April 1964,Tanganyika andZanzibarmerged to form a new republic, the name "Tanzania" being adopted on 29October 1964. Like the name of the country, the new flag was a merger ofthat of its constituent parts. The lower green stripe of the former Tanganyikaflag took the blue of the Zanzibari flag, and the stripes were re-arrangeddiagonally to give them equal status.
Stuart Notholt, 19 Jun 1996

imagebyŽeljko Heimer, 28 Mar 2003

National Flag. CSW/CSW 2:3
Flag divided by a yellow fimbriated black rising diagonal with greenat hoist and blue at fly. Source:Album2000.
The colour specifications are officially provided in British StandardRange, and Armand approximated them in Album as:
Green Pantone 361c
Yellow Pantone 116c
Blue Pantone 299c
These are, of course, rather standard shades of colours except forthe blue, which is lighter than "normal" blue, but not as light as "lightblue".  I don't know how much it matches the B.S. standard. 
The width of the black stripeis 13/48 of the hoist size, the width of the yellow stripes is 3 of thesame units each.
Željko Heimer, 28 Mar 2003

Ratio length to breadth: three to two e.g. 3' x 2', 6' x 4', 12' x 8'
Description:
Green - Yellow - Black and Blue, having the black centre stripe centredon (the) diagonal raising from flag mast to top edge of the fly, two smalleryellow stripes dividing the upper triangle portion which is green and thelower triangle portion which is blue.
Proportions of colours:
Black centre stripe, centred on diagonal of flag of 6' x 4', is 13/48of fly and 13" wide (my note - 4 feet = 48 inches).  Yellow stripesare each 1/16 of fly and 3" wide.
Colour code and significance:
B.S. (referring to the British Standard Range of colours now redundant)No. 2660, 1955
Black   BS No, 9-103 = the People
Green   BS No. 0-010 = the Land
Blue     BS No. 0-012 = the Adjoining Sea
Yellow BS No. 0-002 = the Mineral Wealth
Source:Tanzania National Symbols',Dar-es-Salaam; Information ServiceDivision, Office of the Prime Minister and First Vice-President,(no date).
Christopher Southworth, 27 Mar 2003

The World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO)site includes also the National Flag and Coat of Arms Act of 1971 dated 07 May 1971 (but validity backdated to 26 April 1964).
Željko Heimer,05 Feb 2012

Coat of Arms

The Emblem (Nembo)
Emblem Description :
The central feature of the Coat of Arms is the Warrior�s Shield whichbears a portion on the upper part followed underneath by the United Republicflag of Green, Golden, Black and Blue; and a red portion under which arewavy bands of blue and white.
Colours Significance:
The Golden portion represents minerals in the United Republic; thered portion underneath the flag symbolises the fertile red soil of Africa;while the wavy bands represent the land, sea, lakes and coastal lines ofthe United Republic. The Shield is set upon a representation of Mount Kilimanjaro.On each side of the Shield there is an elephant tusk supported by a manon the left (as you look at the emblem) and a woman on the right symbolisingboth the theme of co-operation and gender and equality of the people ofTanzania. At the feet of the man is a clove bush and at the feet of thewoman is a cotton bush symbolising agriculture in the Republic. Superimposedfeatures on the Shield are flames of a burning torch which signifies freedom,enlightenment and knowledge; a spear signifying defence of freedom andcrossed axe and hoe being tools that the people of the United Republicuse in developing the country.
The Uhuru Torch symbolises freedom and light. It was first lit on topof mount Kilimanjaro (5,890m) in 1961, symbolically to shine the countryand across the borders to bring hope where there is despair, love wherethere is enmity and respect where there is hatred. Yearly there is theUhuru Torch race, starting from different prominent places in the Republic.
The United Republic motto: "Uhuru na Umoja" = Freedom and Unity, iswritten in Kiswahili: the National Language of Tanzania.
Info fromthiswebsite.
Jarig Bakker, 05 Jan 2002

Variant of the national flag

In a list of notes by G. Pasch, made in 1981, he reports an informationaccording to which the lower yellow stripe of the Tanzanian flag wouldhave been changed to a white stripe. Has anybody heard of this? If it actuallyoccurred, how long did it last? It does not seem to be a plain opticalmistake, for it is specified that the upper stripe remains yellow.
Thanh-Tâm Lê, 10 Dec 1998Dov Gutterman, 11 Feb 2000