Flag of Zanzibar

Flag of Zanzibar
Flag of Zanzibar
Adopted9 January 2005
DesignHorizontal tricolour of blue, black, and green with the national flag of Tanzania in the canton.
The plain red flag on an 1890s stamp
The striped 1856–96 flag on a cigarette card
Plain red flag of the Zanzibar Sultanate being flown on Latham Island, 1964.

The flag of Zanzibar (Swahili: Bendera ya Zanzibar, Arabic: علم زنجبار) was adopted on 9 January 2005.[1] It is a horizontal tricolour of blue, black, and green with the national flag of Tanzania in the canton.

  1. ^ "Zanzibar (Tanzania)". Flags of the World. 11 June 2011. Retrieved 8 August 2011.