Meaning
The flag of Tanzania features three horizontal stripes in black, yellow, and green, with a thin white diagonal stripe running from the lower left to the upper right that separates the colors. This distinctive design represents the nation's natural resources, history, and geography in East Africa.
This flag is commonly used to represent Tanzania in digital conversations, travel discussions, and cultural exchanges. Whether someone's sharing photos from a safari in the Serengeti, discussing Tanzanian music and culture, or simply showing pride in their heritage, this emoji makes it easy to add geographic context to messages.
You'll see it appear in travel blogs, sports commentary (especially during international competitions), and conversations celebrating Tanzanian achievements or attractions. It's particularly popular during national holidays or when Tanzanian communities worldwide want to express cultural connection.
Tanzania's flag was approved as part of Unicode Emoji 2.0 in 2015, joining the global set of country flags that help people transcend language barriers in digital communication.
Common Uses
- • Representing Tanzania in travel or tourism discussions
- • Showing cultural pride or heritage
- • Tagging locations during social media posts
- • Adding geographic context to news or sports conversations
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Did You Know?
Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa's tallest peak at 19,341 feet, dominates Tanzania's landscape and is featured on many representations of the country's natural heritage.
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Platform Shortcodes
:tanzania: :flag-tz: :tanzania: Developer Codes
| HTML (decimal) | 🇹🇿 |
| HTML (hex) | 🇹🇿 |
| CSS | \1F1F9\1F1FF |
| JavaScript | \uD83C\uDDF9\uD83C\uDDFF |
| Python | \U0001F1F9\U0001F1FF |
| Java | \uD83C\uDDF9\uD83C\uDDFF |
| Perl | \x{1F1F9}\x{1F1FF} |
| PHP / Ruby | \x{1F1F9}\x{1F1FF} |
| Punycode | xn--2qd5-2qdb |
| URL Encoded | %F0%9F%87%B9%F0%9F%87%BF |
| UTF-8 Bytes | 0xF0 0x9F 0x87 0xB9 0xF0 0x9F 0x87 0xBF |
🇹🇿 in 28 languages
Names sourced from Unicode CLDR and emojibase.
| Language | Name |
|---|---|
| Bengali | পতাকা: তাঞ্জানিয়া |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 旗: 坦桑尼亚 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 旗子:坦尚尼亞 |
| Danish | Tanzania |
| Dutch | vlag: Tanzania |
| English | flag: Tanzania |
| English (UK) | flag: Tanzania |
| Estonian | lipp: Tansaania |
| Finnish | lippu: Tansania |
| French | drapeau : Tanzanie |
| German | Flagge: Tansania |
| Hindi | झंडा: तंज़ानिया |
| Hungarian | zászló: Tanzánia |
| Italian | bandiera: Tanzania |
| Japanese | 旗: タンザニア |
| Korean | 깃발: 탄자니아 |
| Lithuanian | vėliava: Tanzanija |
| Malay | bendera: Tanzania |
| Norwegian | flagg: Tanzania |
| Polish | flaga: Tanzania |
| Portuguese | bandeira: Tanzânia |
| Russian | флаг: Танзания |
| Spanish | Bandera: Tanzania |
| Spanish (Mexico) | Bandera: Tanzania |
| Swedish | flagga: Tanzania |
| Thai | ธง: แทนซาเนีย |
| Ukrainian | прапор: Танзанія |
| Vietnamese | cờ: Tanzania |