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Astrea is a municipality in Cesar Department. It was founded
by a farmer named Martín Mier Barbosa in 1936. On 26 November
1984 Astrea segregated from Chimichagua and became a municipality
by Ordinance 013 of 1984.
The flag of Astrea is shown at wikipedia
and described at the municipal
web site as horizontally divided green-red-yellow. However,
the image at the municipal web site show is charged
with the municipal emblem. As common in Colombia, both
variants are, probably, in use.
Dov Gutterman, 16 August 2008
The emblem is horizontally divided in three fields.
The upper field shows a green landscape with two palms, whose
leaves have been used to roof the houses of the village since its
foundation, under a blue sky lit by a rising sun representing the
rebirth of the municipality.
The middle field shows on a red background, symbolizing the
strength of the villagers, a black and white bull, recalling that
cattle breeding is the main source of income of the municipality,
flanked by two corn ears, reprsenting the main crop of the
municipality.
The lower field shows on a green background the face of Astraea,
the goddess of justice, surmonting eleven yellow six-pointed
stars symbolizing the evelen days from eleven months in the year
on which the patron festivals are celebrated.
The "chief" of the emblem is green with the yellow
writing "REMANSO DE PAZ Y PUJANZA" (Reserve of Peace
and Power).
The shield is surrounded by a green-red-yellow ribbon, recalling
the flag, tied below the shield, with a green central part,
bearing the vertical writing "ASTREA", flanked by two
lateral yellow parts, bearing the vertical writings "ABRIL
12" and "1936", respectively.
In the Greek mythology, Astraea, the daughter of Zeus and Themis,
is a personification of justice and the last of the deities to
live with the humans during the Iron Age. The allegory of justice
is often reprsented with an eye-band as a symbol of impartiality.
Ivan Sache, 31 August 2008
image by Dov Gutterman, 16 August 2008
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image by António Martins-Tuválkin, 1 September
2008