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Mongua is a municipality (since 1997) in the Colombian
Department of Boyacá, part of the the subregion of the Sugamuxi
Province.
The flag of Mongua is
horizontally divided green-blue-green with a diagonal (bottom
houst to top fly) white stripe charged with a yellow sun. On the
canton there are Chinise-like red five
stars.
Source: municipal
web site
Dov Gutterman, 21 September 2008
Translated from municipal
web site:
"The flag of the municipality of Mongua is made of three
horizontal stripes green, blue and green, and of a diagonal white
stripe.
The green stripe symbolizes the greenness of its fields and
fertility of its soils.
The central stripe is equivalent to the half of a green stripe.
The blue stripe recalls abunance and limpîdity of its waters,
the white stripe, equal in width to the blue stripe, and running
from the upper right corner to the lower left corner, symbolizes
peace and faith. In the intersection of the white and green
stripes is shown a rising sun recalling the name "Sol
Naciente"* (Rising Sun).
In the upper stripe near the hoist are five stars, a bigger red
star representing the urban perimeter and the central hamlet, and
four smaller stars representing the other rural hamlets**
("veredas")."
* The name of the municipality comes from the Muisca elements
"mon" and "gua", reading "Sunrise"
or "Rising sun"; the first settlers of the place
belonged to the Mongua tribe.
** Duce, Monqui, Siquaza and Tunjelo.
The image does not completely match the description. Accordingly,
the proportions of the horizontal stripes should be 2:1:2.
Ivan Sache, 30 September 2008
bysmo.jpg)
image from municipal
web site
