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Mahates is a municipality located in the Bolívar Department.
It was founded on 17 April 1533 by Spanish conquistador Pedro de
Heredia.
The flag of Mahates can be
seen in a small image at the municipal
web site.
Sources: municipal
web site, wikipedia.
Dov Gutterman, 31 August 2008
The flag is a horizontal flag with two stripes (white on top and green on the
bottom, in equally divided stripes) featuring the coat of arms in the middle. It
is claimed by the official website to be authored by Ever Sierra Rivera.
The coat of arms official description from the website is as follows: "Sun and
Moon adorn the nights at the Municipality of Mahates (in blue). Green means
prosperity and fertility of the town's lands, (and) in the lower part (orange
color) we see featured the distinctive energy of its people. We see (in this)
the symbol for agriculture, cattle raising, fishing and its culture"
For
additional information go to Mahates (official website):
http://www.mahates-bolivar.gov.co/
Esteban Rivera, 25 October 2017
Translated from municipal
web site:
"The colours of the flag are white, representing peace and
tranquility in our municipality, green symbolizing agriculture
and our soils' fertility, the cattle's head and the maize plant
reflecting the main sources of income of the region."
This description has nearly nothing to do with the image shown on
the municipal website!
Ivan Sache, 6 September 2008
bolmh.jpg)
image from municipal
web site
