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Magdalena Department (Colombia)

Departamento de Magdalena

Last modified: 2012-01-06 by zoltán horváth
Keywords: magdalena | colombia | star:21 |
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image by Jens Pattke, 17 January 2004

• Overview
• Coat of Arms
• Previous 21 Stars Flag

See also:

• Colombia
• Clickable map of Colombia
• Colombia - Departamentos and Distrito Capital

Municipalities:

• Algarrobo
• Aracataca
• Ariguaní
• Cerro de San Antonio
• Chibolo
• Ciénaga
• Concordia
• El Banco
• El Piñón
• El Retén
• Fundación
• Guamal
• Nueva Granada
• Pedraza
• Pijiño del Carmen
• Pinto (Santa Barbara de Pinto)
• Pivijay
• Plato
• Pueblo Viejo
• Remolino
• Salamina
• San Angel (Sabanas de San Angel)
• San Sebastián (San Sebastián de Buenavista)
• Santa Ana
• Santa Marta
• San Zenón
• Sitionuevo
• Tenerife
• Zapayan
• Zona Bananera

Overview

The 21 stars represent the 21 municipalities of the department.
Jaume Ollé, 8 September 1996

There are no stars in the top or bottom stripes.
Source - Whitney Smith: "All världens flaggor", 1980 (Flags and Arms across the World).
Marcus Wendel, 9 September 1999

According to <www.gobmagdalena.gov.co>,  Department Magdalena now got 30 stars on the flag. (a star= a municipio).
Jens Pattke, 17 January 2004

The Coat of Arms of the Department of Magdalenea was adopted in late XIX century, by a design submitted by local painter Alvaro Corvacho.
Source: official website of the Government of the Department of Magdalena.
E.R., 4 January 2008

Coat of Arms

image from wikipedia

Previous 21 Stars Flag

image by Carlos Thompson, 8 May 2003

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