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Rondón is a municipality in the Colombian
Department of Boyacá, part of the the subregion of the Márquez
Province. It became a municipality by ordinance No. 05 of 30 June
1905.
The image of the flag of
Rondón at the municipal
web site show it as horizontally divided white-blue with a
blue bordered white triangle at the hoist which is charged with
shaking hands. However, according to the description, the bottom
stripe should be green.
Source: municipal
web site.
Dov Gutterman, 13 September 2008
Translated from municipal
web site:
"The flag of Rondón was adopted by Decree No. 032 on 10
September 1995. The triangle auroceleste (?) at hoist
recalls the village through the historical image of its
foundation, the two strong hands symbolize friendship, work and
unity, the Y-shaped light blue stripe represents victory, joy,
generosity and honour to the hero of the Vargas swamp, Colonel
Juan José Rondòn.
The white stripe symbolizes the link of the inhabitants to their
land, their imponderable virtue to the service of wisdom and the
decision to maintain the unity among our people.
The emerald green stripe represents our fertile fields,
friendship, faith and hope in the future of the village.
The colours are distributed as follows: an auroceleste
triangle along the hoist, whose two vertices merge in the
geometric center of the emblem, in the center of the triangle are
shown two interlaced strong hands, flesh-coloured with visible
wrists; an Y-shaped light blue stripe of 10 cm in width, starting
from the hoist and reaching the center of the right edge of the
flag.
The lower part of the Y is emerald green while the upper
part is plain white, the dimensions are the same as
for the national flag."
From the description, I understand that the lower stripe is green
and that the two horizontal fields are separated by a light blue
stripe.
Regarding Colonel Rondòn:
"Vargas Swamp Lancers or Monumento a los Lanceros is a large
sculptural complex realized by Colombian artist Rodrigo Arenas
Betancur in the department of Boyacá (Colombia) as a memorial
for Vargas Swamp Battle. It is the largest monument in Colombia.
This monument depicts the attack of the 14 lancers commanded by
Colonel Juan Jose Rondòn. It is 33 m high and was dedicated in
the 150th anniversary of the Colombian Independence Day.
In July 1819, while marching against Santafé, the army of Simon
Bolivar, exhausted after passing acros the Pisba paramount, faced
the Spanish army commanded by Jose Maria Barreiro. Although the
location was better for the Spanish, and the Liberator army had
bad odds, the attack of the 14 lancers armed only with lances was
decisive in the winning of the battle."
Source: <www.mundoandino.com>.
Ivan Sache, 27 September 2008
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image from municipal
web site
