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image by António Martins-Tuválkin, 8 September
2009
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From <tello-huila.gov.co>:
"La Bandera del Municipio de Tello Huila, afecta forma
rectangular de dos tantos y medio de larga por tanto y cuarto de
ancho, dividido en tres franjas horizontales iguales, cuyo ancho
será un tercio de tanto; las cintas blancas intermedias que
separan las franjas mayores tendrán un ancho de un octavo de
tanto. Para enastar la Bandera se hará por el sistema de funda
que esta llevará por uno de sus extremos. La distribución de
los colores de la Bandera, de arriba hacia abajo será:
El Rojo…. Del café maduro de las agrestes faldas de
nuestras montañas y el amor al terruño y sus tradiciones.
El Verde…. La esperanza de un mejor mañana y la bendición
de la exuberante flora regional.
El Amarillo…. Los dorados arrozales, orgullo de nuestra
tierra y el calor canicular que templa al fruto y atempera el
alma.
Las Cintas Blancas…. El sentimiento de paz y la honradez sin
mácula de las gentes.
En la franja central y en sentido horizontal colocadas
equidistantemente, las cuatro estrellas plateadas simbólicas de
los cuatro principales núcleos de población rural (Cedral,
García, Las Sierras y San Andrés). "
The flag has four silver stars in the central strip. Also note
that the image at this
site show vertical stripes.
Jairo Alonso Méndez Méndez, 26 october 2006
I understand enough from the quoted text to know that this
flag is supposed to be 1:2 — the given specs are "two
units and a half long by one unit and a quarter wide, divided in
three equal horizontal stripes, whose length [here should be
width, for consistence, amt] will be one third of a unit; the
white middle bands separating the larger stripes will have a
length [here should be also width, for consistence, amt] of an
eighth of a unit".
Reducing these fractions to least integers, the specs are
(8+3+8+3+8):60 = 1:2.
The official website mentions also that "horizontally on the
central stripe" there will be "four silvery stars
places at equal spaces". Lacking better specs and inspired
by the image on the site I used white stars centered at halves
and three-quarters of the flag area (respectively 15 and 25 off
the vertical edges) for the above image.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 8 September
2009
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image from <tello-huila.gov.co>
image by António Martins-Tuválkin, 8 September
2009
Our page also states that the official website shows an image
of a flag with vertical stripes, although the law text clearly
asks for horizontal stripes. The image, sketchy as it is, has
been replaced online new
image with vertical stripes at <tello-huila.gov.co>.
I think that this kind of mistake, in an official source, a
second time around must be more than just an oversight - maybe
the flags used locally are indeed with vertical stripes (and in
2:3) and the language of the law is ignored or misinterperted?.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 8 September
2009
image by Carlos Thompson, 21 November 2004
Based on <www.huila.com/municipios.htm>.
Carlos Thompson, 21 November 2004
