Flag of the Department of Amazonas

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The Flag of the Department of Amazonas was officially adopted on August 21, 1974, by means of the Commissarial Decree Nº 090.

The flag design is a defaced fimbriated horizontal tricolour triband of unequal sizes.

1 Dimensions
2 Charges
3 See also
4 References

[edit] Dimensions

Its dimensions, colors and other characteristics were determined by the Commissarial Government of 1974, which was headed by the Special Commissioner, Cesar Moreno Salazar, and the Secretary of Government José Salazar Ramírez.

The dimensions of the flag are 2.10 meters in length by 1.30 meters in width. The green top stripe is 90 cm in width, the yellow stripe is 8 cm with two fimbriated in black 0.5 cm each, and the white stripe is 32 cm.

[edit] Charges

The flag is defaced by three charges all in sable.

The first one is located in the lower part of the hoist in the green stripe; it is an indigenous warrior in a shooting stance with a bow pointing up. It is 29 cm long by 23 cm tall.

The second one is located in the upper right section of the fly also in the green stripe; it is a jaguar jumping off diagonally in direction to the arrow. It is 37 cm long by 15 cm tall.

The last charge is a five-pointed star(), which is located in the yellow stripe just under the tiger; the star represents the city of Leticia. It is 20 cm long by 15 cm tall.