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The municipality of Villa Rica is in Cauca Department. this
former part of Santander de Quilichao,
became a municipality by ordinance 021 of 11 November 1998.
The flag of Villa Rica is horizontally divided yellow-green-red
was adopted on 16 February 2001.
Source: Municipal
website.
Dov Gutterman and Felipe Carillo, 10 August
2008
The flag, adopted on 16 February 2001 following a public
contest, is made of three equal horizontal stripes with the
following colours:
- Yellow, symbolizing our resources, the essence of our land, the
strong power of our ethny, always lit by proper light;
- Green, universally associated with the natural environment,
represents life and the lake ecosystem surrounded by its rivers
and wet areas that represents the advance of industrialization
proper to all times;
- Red represents excellence, strength, human energy and
continuous movement, transforming force generating change in
peoples' mental structure.
Ivan Sache, 27 August 2008
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image from Municipal
website