Flag of Zanzibar

Flag of Zanzibar
Vexillological symbol :
Aspect ratio:	2: 3
Officially accepted:	January 10, 2005

The flag of Zanzibar was officially hoisted for the first time on January 10, 2005.

description

The flag adopts the colors of the former People's Republic of Zanzibar and Pemba , which united with Tanganyika to form Tanzania in 1964 . Among the three horizontal stripes in blue, black and green was in the Gösch the national flag of Tanzania added. The white stripe to which was dropped leech .

history

In 1698 the Imam of Muscat conquered the island from the Portuguese . In 1832 it became the capital of the Sultanate of Oman , to which it belonged until the sultanate was divided in 1860. The sultanate traditionally used a red flag. In 1890 Zanzibar became a British protectorate. However, since Zanzibar did not become a colony and was under the responsibility of the British Foreign Office, a British colonial flag based on the Red Ensign was never introduced. But there was an emblem of the British representation in Zanzibar, which was carried in the center of the Union Jack : a dhow with a red flag on the stern, above the crown of the Empire.

On December 10, 1963, Zanzibar received its independence as a sultanate. Its national flag showed two golden cloves on a green disc on a red background. On January 17, 1964, the sultan was overthrown. A horizontal tricolor in black, yellow and blue was then used only briefly . It was quickly replaced by a blue-black-green tricolor, which also had a narrow white stripe on the leech. The flag is derived from that of the Afro-Shirazi Party , which also featured a golden hoe in the black stripe on the tricolor (without a white stripe).

The People's Republic of Zanzibar and Pemba used this national flag until it rose in Tanzania. After that, this flag only had an unofficial status, but was used, for example, by sports fans. Only in 2005 did Zanzibar receive its own flag again as an official symbol.

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  ^? Sultanate of Oman, later Sultanate of Zanzibar

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  ^? Sultanate of Zanzibar and Pemba (December 10, 1963 to January 17, 1964)

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  2: 3 ^? Briefly used flag in January 1964

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  2: 3 ^? People's Republic of Zanzibar and Pemba (January 12 to April 26, 1964)

Pemba

On January 18, 1964, Pemba was briefly proclaimed its own People's Republic, which carried a red flag with the green outlines of the island. Pemba united with Zanzibar in January.

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  ^? Pemba People's Republic,
  January 18 and April 7, 1964

Web links

• Flags of the World - Zanzibar (English)