Flag of Tanzania

🎨 What the flag means

Tanzania's flag has a black diagonal band edged in gold, with a green triangle above and a light blue triangle below. Green stands for plants and rich farmland, black for the Swahili people, blue for the Indian Ocean and the many lakes and rivers, and gold for mineral wealth. The design mixes the old flags of Tanganyika and Zanzibar, which joined in 1964.

📊 Quick facts

👥 Population

61.7 million (2022)

🏙️ Capital

Dodoma213.6 thousand people (2020)

🗣️ Main language

SwahiliAlso official: English

✨ 3 fun facts

1. Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania is the highest mountain in Africa and the tallest free-standing mountain in the world.
2. Tanzania borders Lake Victoria, Africa's largest lake, and Lake Tanganyika, the continent's deepest lake.
3. Swahili is Tanzania's national language, and the old name Tanganyika comes from Swahili words meaning "sail in the wilderness".