Tanzania Flag

The Flag of Tanzania

The United Republic of Tanzania, is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region. It borders Uganda to the north, Kenya to the Northeast, Comoros to the East, Mozambique and Malawi to the south, Zambia to the southeast and Rwanda, Burundi and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west. The highest mountain in Africa, Mount Kilimanjaro is located in north-eastern Tanzania.

Tanzaia was initially settled by many different peoples from the surrounding areas in Africa, including the Nilotic, Bantu and Cushitic peoples. During the 19th Century, Zanzibar, an island to the east of the mainland, was colonised by the Omanis and then later by Britain. The mainland, also known as Tanganyika was colonised by the Germans around this time as well. After the defeat of Germany in World War One, Britain gained Tanganyika, and eventually in, 1961 granted independence. A few years later, after a revolution in Zanzibar, Tanganyika merged with Zanzibar to form Tanzania. Since then, Tanzania has been a politically left-leaning state which adheres to Pan-Africanist policies and has reduced poverted and increased economic output. Tanzania is also part of the ast African Federation, a proposed political union in East Africa (at the moment they all use the same currency).

The flag of Tanzania, adopted in 1964, consists of a yellow-edged black diagonal band, divided diagonally from the lower hoist-side corner, with a green upper triangle and blue lower triangle.

On the flag, the green alludes to the natural vegetation and "rich agricultural resources" of the country, while black represents the Swahili people who are native to Tanzania. The blue symbolises the Indian Ocean as well as the nation's numerous lakes and rivers. The thin stripes stand for Tanzania's mineral wealth, derived from the "rich deposits" in the land (maybe gold?).

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