flag of Zanzibar
{{Short description|Regional flag}}
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| Name = Flag of Zanzibar
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| Image = Flag of Zanzibar.svg
| Alt = Flag of Zanzibar
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| Adoption = 9 January 2005
| Design = Horizontal tricolour of blue, black, and green with the national flag of Tanzania in the canton.
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File:Latham Island.jpg being flown on Latham Island, 1964.]]
The flag of Zanzibar ({{langx|sw|Bendera ya Zanzibar}}, {{langx|ar|علم زنجبار}}) was adopted on 9 January 2005.{{cite web|url=http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/tz-zan.html|publisher=Flags of the World|title=Zanzibar (Tanzania)|date=11 June 2011|access-date=8 August 2011}} It is a horizontal tricolour of blue, black, and green with the national flag of Tanzania in the canton.
Historical flags
Zanzibar was a part of the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman, which flew a plain red flag, beginning in 1698. Majid bin Said declared an independent Sultanate of Zanzibar on 2 November 1856 but did not adopt a new flag.{{Inconsistent|reason=Gallery shows flag 1856 to 1896}}{{cite web|url=http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Tanzania.html#Zanzibar|title=Tanzania|publisher=World Statesmen.org|author=Ben Cahoon|year=2000|access-date=8 August 2011}} The red flag remained in use during the British protectorate period. When Zanzibar gained independence from the United Kingdom on 10 December 1963, a green disk with two yellow cloves was added to the flag.{{cite web|url=http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/tz-zz63.html|title=Sultanate of Zanzibar (1963–64)|publisher=Flags of the World|access-date=8 August 2011|date=28 May 2010}}
On 12 January 1964, John Okello overthrew the Sultan of Zanzibar and adopted a black-yellow-blue tricolour as the flag of the People's Republic of Zanzibar. On 29 January, the country's flag was changed to a blue-black-green tricolour. This design, which was based on the flag of the Afro-Shirazi Party, was the longest-lived of the post-independence flags and eventually formed the basis for the current flag. On 26 April 1964, Zanzibar united with Tanganyika to form the new country of Tanzania and Zanzibar's old flag fell out of use.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4167807.stm|newspaper=BBC News|title=Joy as Zanzibar flies new flag|date=12 January 2005|access-date=8 August 2011}}
{{gallery|mode=nolines|whitebg=y|height=100
|Flag of the Sultanate of Zanzibar.svg|19 October 1856 to 27 August 1896{{Inconsistent|reason=Text suggests red flag used from 1698 to 1963}}
|Flag of Zanzibar Under British Rule.svg|27 August 1896 to 10 December 1963
|File:Flag of the British Resident Minister of Zanzibar (1952–1963).svg|Flag of the British Resident Minister of Zanzibar 1952–1963
|Flag of the Sultanate of Zanzibar (1963).svg|10 December 1963 to 12 January 1964
|Flag of Zanzibar (January 1964).svg|12 January 1964 to 29 January 1964
|Flag_of_Zanzibar_(January-April_1964).svg|29 January 1964 to 26 April 1964
|File:Flag of the People's Republic of Pemba.svg|Flag of the People's Republic of Pemba in use between 18 January and 7 April 1964
|File:Flag of Afro-Shirazi party.svg|Flag of Afro-Shirazi Party
|Flag of Tanzania.svg|27 April 1964 to 8 January 2005 (Tanzania)
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