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The municipality of Florencia is in Cauca Department. It was
founded on 17 December 1535 by Sebastian de Belalcazar and became
a municipality in 1993.
The flag of Florencia is white with three diagonal stripes of
green,yellow and red..
Source: Municipal
website.
Dov Gutterman and Felipe Carillo, 10 August
2008
Translated from Municipal
website:
"On 25 January 1995, the Municipal Council of Florencia
adopted the municipal flag by Decree No 001, Articles 1, 2 and 3.
The flag has the following characteristics:
- Shape: Rectangular.
- Colours: The flag shows the white, green, yellow and red
colours, disposed as follows. White is the abckground of the
flag, whlie red, yellow and green are placed, from top to bottom,
over the background in separates stripes. Each colour has a
meaning:
- White expresses the aspiration to peace that has always
empowered the inhabitants of Florencia;
- Red represents the main product of the municipality, coffee
[Ripe coffee berries are bright red to violet, depending on the
varieties and the growing conditions, IS], and the unconditional
effort of the inhabitants to reach their objectives;
- Yellow represents the plantations of "caña
panelera", the abundance in natural resources, the richness
of the municipality represented by the human values;
- Green symbolizes fauna and flora, vital components of the
municipal life."
The "caña panelera" is the cane used to produce
"panela", representing 61% of the Colombian cane
acreages (total, 240,000 ha), vs 32% for sugar production (sugar
cane). Half of the "caña panelera" acreages are
located in the departments of Santander, Boyacá and
Cundinamarca. The Andes and their valleys are the most suitable
areas for production, representing 90% of the national acreages.
The FAO defines "panela", a.k.a "chancaca"
and "papelón", as "non- centrifugated
sugar". Commercially, the product is sold as "natural
brown sugar". Colombia is the second larger world producer
after India and the world largest consumer (32 kg per capita per
year). For more details see the FAO
report.
Ivan Sache, 17 August 2008
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image from Municipal
website