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flag according to image (see below)
image by Dov Gutterman, 13 September 2008
flag according to text (see below)
image by Ivan Sache, 26 September 2008
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Chivor is a municipality in the Colombian Department of
Boyacá, part of the the subregion of the Eastern Boyacá
Province. It became a municipality by ordinance No. 023 of 16
December 1990.
The image of the flag of Chivor at the municipal
web site show a green flag cut in its center with diagonal
yellow stripe charged with white star. However, the description
is different and describes a green-blue flag divided diagonally
(top hoist to bottom fly) with yellow stripe charged with white
star.
Dov Gutterman, 13 September 2008
If I have translated "La parte inferior izquierda está
compuesta por un triángulo de colo AZUL CELESTE y es de la misma
dimensión de la parte superior derecha" correctly as
"the lower section to the left is composed of a Celestial
Blue triangle, and is of the same dimension as that in the upper
section to the right", then the officially described flag
should have a descending diagonal running from corner to corner
and be composed of three colourst.
Christopher Southworth, 14 September 2008
Translated from municipal
web site:
"With a length f 3 m and a height of 1.50 m, the flag is
divided into threeparts as follows:
The upper right part, made of a bright green triangle,
representing the august colour of emerald, the happy colour of
the mountains and symbolizing the hope of its fertile lands and
fecund lowlands worked by laborious people.
The central part is made of a golden yellow stripe, meaning
clearness, a bright torch enlighting thought, freedom,
generosity, open horizons, richness and abundance of lands.
The lower left part is made of a sky blue triangle and has the
same dimension as the upper triangle, meaning the reflect of the
sky in the calm mirror of the waters and the bluepage of its
memory, worth a people that evolve with giant steps. The white
star, in the center of the yellow stripe, means peace [...]
bringing harmony and felicity to the human beaing."
The municipal arms of Chivor are charged with a "big cut
emerald" and four miner's picks.
The emerald mines of Chivor were discovered by the Spaniards in
1545; beforehand, the only known sources of emeralds were old
mines located in Egypt and Austria. In Colombia, the regions
known as the "Emerald Arc" stretches out from Gachalá
and Chivor (North-East of Bogotá) to Peña Blanca (North). The
local emeralds are famous for forming "trapiches", that
is crystallized, six-rays structures. More information at <www.agab.be>.
If we trust the written description, as already stated above, the
reconstruction of the flag is correct.
Ivan Sache, 26 September 2008
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image from municipal
web site