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Flag Tanzania, in 36 editions.

The entry for Tanzania published Flag in 36 editions of 36, from 1990 to 2025. The text changed in 8 editions. Each is shown as published. Flag in every entry.

editions changed the text
8
the first edition with it
1990
the latest edition with it
2025

Published as “Flag” (1990 to 2025) and “Flag description” (1997 to 2024).

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2025 edition

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description:
  • divided diagonally by a yellow-edged black band, from the lower left corner to the upper right corner;
  • the upper triangle (left side) is green, and the lower is blue
meaning:
  • colors come from the flags of Tanganyika and Zanzibar;
  • green stands for natural vegetation, gold for rich mineral deposits, black for the Swahili people, and blue for lakes and rivers, as well as the Indian Ocean

description: divided diagonally by a yellow-edged black band band, from the lower hoist-side left corner to the upper right corner; the upper triangle (hoist (left side) is green green, and the lower triangle is blue; the banner combines blue
meaning:
colors found on come from the flags of Tanganyika and Zanzibar; green represents the stands for natural vegetation of the country, vegetation, gold its for rich mineral deposits, black for the native Swahili people, and blue the country's many for lakes and rivers, as well as the Indian Ocean

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Central Intelligence Agency. “Tanzania: Flag.” The World Factbook, 1990–2025 editions. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/tanzania/flag.

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