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by Antonio Martins, 30 August 2000
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Apure is one of the south western states of Venezuela and its
name remains one of its principal rivers. The state's flag shows
the apurenian Coat of Arms inside of a white triangle near the
staff, symbol of integrity, over three horizontal stripes with
the same size: yellow (above) representing the sun; blue (center)
reminding the river which bring its name for this state and green
(below) for represents its forest.
The seven stars inside the blue stripe symbolize the seven
municipalities, which conform the entity. The Coat of Arms
in this case has been divided per pale and fess. The first
quarter in Or (yellow) charges a black bull symbol of strength,
which also represents the cattle-raising, principal source of the
state. The second quarter in Gules (red) shows seven bundles of
silvered lances outlined in Gules representing the equal number
of groups of lancers who won the Queseras del Medio (The
middle is cheese factories), famous battle of the Venezuelan
independence war, under the managing of General Jose' Antonio
Pa'ez, one of national heroes. The third quarter it's a semblance
of the natural landscaper of the region where appearing in first
plain the Apure river under the vigilance of a untamed horse
whose defensive attitude express the defense of the national
territory because Apure it's a frontier state. The star over the
clouds in the sky represents one of the provinces, which declared
the Independence of Venezuela in July 5th, 1811. The cimier
consist in a fulgurated sun charging the ephemeris of "Aldea
de los Sesenta" (The sixty's little town), another battle of
the emancipation war. At the sides appears a palm and a laurel
branches, symbols of triumph and victory, respectively, jointed
with a yellow pennant where appears how mottoes the name of the
state ESTADO APURE and its ephemeris 17 de Julio de
1864 (July 17th, 1864) and 17 de Julio de 1823
(July 17th, 1823).
Raul Jesus Orta Pardo, 19 July 2000
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by Antonio Martins, 7 September 2000