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{{Short description|Flag of a Colombian department}}
[[Image:Amazonas, Colombia (bandera).png|thumb|350px|Proportions 13:21]]
{{About|the flag of the [[Departments of Colombia|Colombian department]]||Flag of Amazonas (disambiguation)}}
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The '''Flag of the Department of [[Amazonas Department|Amazonas]]''' was officially adopted on [[August 21]], [[1974]], by means of the [[Commissary|Commissarial]] '''Decree Nº 090'''.
{{Infobox flag
| Name = Amazonas
The [[flag design]] is a [[Defacement (flag)|defaced]] [[fimbriated]] [[horizontal plane|horizontal]] [[tricolour]] [[Triband (flag)|triband]] of unequal sizes.
| Type = Departamental
| Image =Flag_of_Amazonas_(Colombia).svg
|Image_size = 300px
| Use = 110000
| Symbol = {{FIAV|normal}}
| Proportion = 13:21
| Adoption = August 21, 1974
| Design = Rectangular [[Defacement (flag)|defaced]] black-[[fimbriated]] horizontal [[Triband (flag)|triband]] [[tricolour (flag)|tricolour]] of unequal sizes in green, yellow ([[Mustard (color)|mustard]]), and white, [[Charge (heraldry)|charged]] with an indigenous warrior charging a bow and arrow, a pouncing jaguar, and a five-pointed star all in black.
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The '''flag of [[Amazonas (Colombian department)|Amazonas Department]]''' was officially adopted by means of the [[Commissary|Commissarial]] Decree Nº 090 of August 21, 1974.
==Dimensions==


==Design==
Its dimensions, colors and other characteristics were determined by the Commissarial Government of 1974, which was headed by the Special Commissioner, '''Cesar Moreno Salazar''', and the Secretary of Government '''José Salazar Ramírez'''.


The dimensions of the flag are 2.10 [[meters]] in [[length]] by 1.30 meters in [[width]]. The green top stripe is 90[[cm]] in width, the yellow stripe is 8cm with two fimbriated in black .5cm each, and the white stripe is 32cm.
The dimensions of the flag are 2.10 meters in [[length]] by 1.30 meters in [[width]]. The green top stripe is 90 cm in width, the [[Mustard (color)|yellow mustard]] stripe is 8 cm with two fimbriated stripes in black 0.5 cm each, and the white stripe is 32 cm. The flag is defaced by three [[charge (heraldry)|charges]] all in [[sable (heraldry)|sable]], the Indian represents the people of Amazonas, the jaguar its [[fauna]] and natural resources, and the star represents the capital city of [[Leticia, Colombia|Leticia]].


{{Gallery
==Charges==
| title = Charges of the flag of Amazonas Department
The flag is defaced by three [[charge (heraldry)|charges]] all in [[sable]].
| width = 160
| height = 140
|File:Ache Hunting.jpg|alt1=An Amazonic Indian with bow and arrow.|A 29 cm long by 23 cm tall [[Indigenous peoples in Colombia|indigenous warrior/hunter]] charging a bow and arrow.
|File:Standing jaguar.jpg|alt2=A Jaguar.|A 37 cm long by 15 cm tall pouncing Jaguar.
}}


The [[Gubernatorial]] Flag is not defaced but charged with the coat of arms of Amazonas Department in the centre of the upper band and it serves as the Governor's Standard.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fotw.info/images/c/co-ama-gov.jpg |date=2005-05-05 |title=Photograph of Amazonas Governor Glorio Osobio Rodríguez |language=es |publisher=(Gobernación del Amazonas); Archived by [[Flags of the World (website)|Flags of the World]] |location=Leticia |accessdate=2009-12-20 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221143045/https://www.fotw.info/images/c/co-ama-gov.jpg |archivedate=February 21, 2014 }}</ref>
* The first one is located in the lower part of the hoist in the green stripe; it is an [[Indigenous peoples in Colombia|indigenous warrior]] in a shooting stance with a bow pointing up. It is 29cm long by 23cm tall.
[[Image:Black_jaguar.jpg|100px|right]]
* The second one is located in the upper right section of the fly also in the green stripe; it is a [[jaguar]] jumping off diagonally in direction to the arrow. It is 37cm long by 15cm tall.

* The last charge is a [[five-pointed star]]([[Image:5pStar.png|20px]]), which is located in the yellow stripe just under the tiger; the star represents the city of [[Leticia, Colombia|Leticia]]. It is 20cm long by 15cm tall.


==See also==
==See also==
* [[Flag of Leticia]]
* [[Coat of arms of the Department of Amazonas]]
* [[Coat of arms of the Department of Amazonas]]


==References==
==References==
<references/>
* http://www.amazonas.gov.co/index.cfm?doc=displaypage&pid=9&sid=23&cid=22
:2. {{Cite web|url=http://www.amazonas.gov.co/index.cfm?doc=displaypage&sid=62&cid=22&pid=9|language=es|publisher=Gobernación del Amazonas|title=Bandera oficial del Departamento del Amazonas}}{{Dead link|date=December 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

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Revision as of 20:54, 14 July 2024

This article is about the flag of the Colombian department. For other uses, see Flag of Amazonas (disambiguation).
Amazonas
UseCivil and state flag Small vexillological symbol or pictogram in black and white showing the different uses of the flag
Proportion13:21
AdoptedAugust 21, 1974
DesignRectangular defaced black-fimbriated horizontal triband tricolour of unequal sizes in green, yellow (mustard), and white, charged with an indigenous warrior charging a bow and arrow, a pouncing jaguar, and a five-pointed star all in black.

The flag of Amazonas Department was officially adopted by means of the Commissarial Decree Nº 090 of August 21, 1974.

Design

The dimensions of the flag are 2.10 meters in length by 1.30 meters in width. The green top stripe is 90 cm in width, the yellow mustard stripe is 8 cm with two fimbriated stripes in black 0.5 cm each, and the white stripe is 32 cm. The flag is defaced by three charges all in sable, the Indian represents the people of Amazonas, the jaguar its fauna and natural resources, and the star represents the capital city of Leticia.

Charges of the flag of Amazonas Department
  • An Amazonic Indian with bow and arrow.
    A 29 cm long by 23 cm tall indigenous warrior/hunter charging a bow and arrow.
  • A Jaguar.
    A 37 cm long by 15 cm tall pouncing Jaguar.

The Gubernatorial Flag is not defaced but charged with the coat of arms of Amazonas Department in the centre of the upper band and it serves as the Governor's Standard.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Photograph of Amazonas Governor Glorio Osobio Rodríguez" (in Spanish). Leticia: (Gobernación del Amazonas); Archived by Flags of the World. 2005-05-05. Archived from the original on February 21, 2014. Retrieved 2009-12-20.
2. "Bandera oficial del Departamento del Amazonas" (in Spanish). Gobernación del Amazonas.[permanent dead link]


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