Putumayo Department (Colombia)

Departamento de Putumayo

Last modified: 2009-08-08 by dov gutterman
Keywords: putumayo | colombia |
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image by Blas Delgado Ortiz , 28 May 2000

• Overview
• Coat of Arms

See also:

• Colombia
• Clickable Map of Colombia
• Colombia - Departamentos and Distrito Capital
• Colombia - Municipalities

Municipalities:

• Mocoa (Capital)
• Colón
• Orito
• Puerto Asís
• Puerto Caicedo
• Puerto Guzmán
• Puerto Leguízamo
• San Francisco
• San Miguel
• Santiago
• Sibundoy
• Valle del Guamuez (La Hormiga)
• Villagarzón

Overview

According to <www.todacolombia.com>: Black stripe stands for petroleum ("black gold"), main wealth of Putumayo. White is for calm nature of Putumayense people. Green is for forests that cover 4/5 of area.
At <www.putumayenses.com.co>, the order of colors is reversed.
Ivan Sarajcic, 7 February 2007

Putumayo Department website it shows two versions of the flag: a plain flag as reported and a flag charged with the coat of arms.
The description doesn't mention the coat of arms.
Dov Gutterman, 6 August 2009

image from departmental website