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image by Dov Gutterman, 10 September 2008
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Oicatá is a municipality in the Colombian Department of
Boyacá, part of the the subregion of the Central Boyacá
Province. It was founded on 9 May 1539.
The flag of Oicatá is horizontally divided yellow-white.
Source: municipal
web site.
Dov Gutterman, 10 September 2008
Translated from municipal
web site:
"The flag is made of the colours ochre yellow and white,
with a sun, meaning:
- ochre yellow: the mixture of the Chibcha and Spanish bloods;
- white: peace thatwe want to spread to Colombia and the whole
world;
- the 'Sué' or 'Solúbicado' in canton, made of eight decorative
rays."
Therefore the image does not completely match the description: an
eight-ray sun should be added in canton.
The municipal coat of arms is flanked, dexter, by the municipal
flag. The upper stripe is ochre yellow and not plain yellow
(compare with the national flag, flanking the shield, sinister).
There is no sun shown, unless hiden by the scroll of the arms.
The "Sué" is shown surmonting the shield, defined as
the "sun of the temple, painted by a native earlier than
1608".
Chibchan is a language spoken by the Muisca people. Xué (a.k.a
Sue) was their Sun-god, venerated in Suamox (City of the Sun),
today Sogamoso. See: wikipedia.
The village is named after the Muisca cacique (chief) Oicatá.
Ivan Sache, 23 September 2008
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image from municipal
web site