Flag of Zanzibar
What the flag looks like
Three equal horizontal stripes of blue, black and green, with the flag of Tanzania in the canton.
What it means
Blue stands for the Indian Ocean, black for the people and green for the land, while the Tanzanian flag in the corner marks Zanzibar's union with the mainland.
How to remember it
Zanzibar
is stripes of blue, black and green with a miniature Tanzania
flag tucked into the corner.
Fun facts
- The name Tanzania blends Tanganyika and Zanzibar, which united in 1964; Zanzibar keeps its own president and House of Representatives.
- The Anglo-Zanzibar War of 1896 is often cited as the shortest war in recorded history, lasting under an hour.
Zanzibar at a glance
- Status
- Semi-autonomous region of Tanzania
- Sovereign state
- Tanzania
- Capital
- Zanzibar City
- Region
- Semi-autonomous region of Tanzania
- Population
- 1.9 million
- Area
- 2,462 km²
- Languages
- Swahili
- Currency
- Tanzanian shilling (TSh)
- Flag adopted
- 2005
Flags often confused with Zanzibar
- Tanzania: Tanzania and Zanzibar share the same green, yellow, black and blue diagonal design. Tanzania's covers the whole flag; Zanzibar shrinks it into the canton over stripes of blue, black and green.