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Hatonuevo (in English: New Herd) is a town and municipality of
the Colombian Department of La Guajira. It was founded on 20
October 1840 by Blas Amaya and became a municipality in 1994.
The flag of Hatonuevo is horizontally divided green-white-black.
Sources: wikipedia,
municipal
web site.
Dov Gutterman and Felipe Carillo, 15 August 2008
Translated from municipal
web site:
"Uldaris Palmesano, a lawyer native from Hatonuevo and
contributor to his village's progress and prosperity, when
appointed first Mayor of Hatonuevo, decided that the village he
had contributed to upgrade to a municipality needed a proper
symbol. It was decided to adopt a tricolor flag, while the
municipalities in the department of La Guajira are usually
represented by bicolor flags.
Green recalls harmony and spiritual peace, as well as the natural
environment of the municipality.
White also honours peace, the product of friendship and the
kindness of the villagers.
Black represents the main source of income for the municipality,
coal."
The "corregimiento" of Hatonuevo, part of the
municipality of Barrancas, was granted municipal status by
Departmental Decree No. 057 on 9 November 1994. On 5 November
1998, the Decree was nullified by the State Council.
Hatonuevo was eventually granted municipalstatus by Departmental
Decree No. 001 on 14 January 1999.
Thirty percent of the territory of the coal mine of Cerrejón
(see Albania) is located in
Hatonuevo.
Ivan Sache, 31 August 2008
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image from municipal
web site