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Consejo Provincial de Santa Elena.
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There should be soon a new province in Ecuador, following the
secession of the paeninsula of Santa Elena (Cantons of Libertad,
Salinas and Santa Elena) from the Province of Guayas to form the
Province of Santa Elena.
Verónica Villaruel reports, in "Ciudadania
Informada", 15 October 2007, that 6,000 demonstrators
gathered in Quito, the capital of Ecuador, to ask the National
Congress to approve the "provincialization" of Santa
Elena. The report shows a colour photography of the
demonstrators, waving horizontally divided green-yellow flags
with writings added. A flag has a big number written in black
over the two stripes, but only its first digit, a "2",
can be seen. The article (as well as other sources) says Santa
Elena would be the 24th province; however, a flag, seen in the
background of the photography, clearly features a "23"
inscribed in a circle. The template of these flags is most
probably the cantonal flag of Santa Elena
"El Universo",
22 October 2007, explains that the provinces are numbered from 01
to 22. The Province of Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas was given
#23 and Santa Elena would be given #24.
"Radio
Sucre" (and several other sources) reports that the
National Congress approved on 16 October 2007 the
creation of the new province (57 "yes", 3
"no", 30 abstentions). The Law text has been forwarded
to the President of the Republic, who should sign the Law on next
2 November.
"El
Universo" shows a colour photography taken in Quito,
showing flags with number "23" (and also, apparently,
with number "25" , and a horizontally divided
blue-white-? flag, which might be the cantonal
flag of La Libertad. On the same image, a white flag (?) in
the background shows the emblem and name of the Universidad Estatal Península de
Santa Elena.
Another
photography from "El Universo" shows a green-yellow
flag charged with "MOVIMIENTO / 3?".
"El
Comercio" reports on 24 October 2007 that two
inhabitants of Santa Elena have been jailed for "offense to
the flag of Guayaquil" during the demonstrations of 11, 12
and 13 October. Still according to "El
Comercio", 25 October 2007, the flag of Guayaquil was
burned in La Libertad during celebrations of the
creation of the new province, which caused the Mayor of Guayaquil
to register a formal complaint.
Ivan Sache, 28 October 2007
A new province in Ecuador is Santa Elena, which was created by
spliting from the Guayas province on 7.November 2007. It contains
three cantons - La Libertad, Salinas and Santa Elena. The capital
city is Santa Elena. Basic information is that area is 3,763 km2
and 238,889 inhabitants.
No information about the symbols of the new province.
Sources: <www.statoids.com>,
Spanish
wikipedia.
Valentin Poposki, 24 April 2008
I have found nice images and simbolism
(in Spanish) on flag and coat of arms of newly created Ecuadorian
province, Santa Elena at the website
of Consejo Provincial de Santa Elena.
Zoltan Horvath, 22 October 2008
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image resized from website of
Consejo Provincial de Santa Elena.