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Tadó (officialy: San José de Tadó) is a municipality in the
Chocó Department. It was established on 19 March 1533.
The flag of Tadó is horizontal yellow-green.
Source: Municipal
web site.
Felipe Carillo and Dov Gutterman, 30 July 2008
Translated from municipal
web site:
"Rectangular with two equal, parallel stripes, our flag
ismade of two colours:
- Top: Yellow, representing one of our greatest resrouce, gold,
source of income and sustainability for a great proportion of our
families;
- Bottom: Green, representing our profuse, dense and unstained
forest, hosting a greatvariety of plants and animals, species
unique in the world that make of Chocó the natural lung of the
world.
The colours and their meaning deserve a mention in our municipal
anthem."
The "Economics" section of the municipal website points
out that anarchic mining and excessive timber exploitation have
very negative side effects on the local biodiversity.
The anthem was composed by Esther Zulema Murillo Copete.
The chorus includes "Amarillo y Verde es tu bandera
libertad!" and the last stanza alludes to the natural
resources represented on the flag:
"Tadó tus gracias a Dios celestial
tienes oro y platino nuestro mineral
maderas frutos flores selvas gran belleza
son los productos de nuestra naturaleza"
(Tadó thanks to God in the skies
has gold and platinum, our ore
Timber fruit flowers and forests of great beauty
are the products of our natural environment.)
Ivan Sache, 7 August 2008
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image from Municipal
web site