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by Dov Gutterman, 12 May 2002
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Adopted: 1952, colours based on the flag of the revolt of
1810. See: Cundinamarca Independent State
(1813-1814).
Jaume Olle, 8 September 1996
At <www.udistrital.edu.co>
there is more info about the flag. The image is plain yellow over red bicolor.
Dov Gutterman, 27 December 1998
According to the official site the flag is plain yellow over
red without the Coat of Arms. The site says:
"La Bandera de Bogotá halla su origen en el mismo
movimiento de, insurgencia contra las autoridades coloniales que
estalló el 20 de julio de 1810. Los rebeldes comenzaron a llevar
ese día en el antebrazo una escarapela con los colores amarillo
y rojo, que son los de la Bandera de España vigente entonces
para el Nuevo Reino de Granada. Después de 142 años, mediante
decreto 555 del 9 de octubre de 1952, la escarapela patriota
quedó oficial y definitivamente adoptada como Bandera de
Bogotá.
Elevado y ejemplar es el significado atribuido a los colores de
la Bandera. El amarillo se toma por representativo de la
justicia, clemencia, virtud y benignidad y el rojo por símbolo
de libertad, salud y caridad. Se trata de cualidades que se
desean ver reflejadas en el comportamiento personal y colectivo
de todos los habitantes de Santa Fe de Bogotá."
Source: <www.alcaldiabogota.gov.co>.
Dov Gutterman, 12 May 2002
by Carlos Thompson, 22 March 2003
image
by Zoltan Horvath, 24 November 2013
On November 15, during a tv news broadcast by
CM& one can see an additional official flag of Bogotá. It is a plain horizontal
white flag with the coat of arms in the middle.
Image (official flag is the first from left to right).
Esteban Rivera, 19 November 2013
This flag seems not to be white, but pale yellow or cream. Please see board
backround, and jackets wearing by guys around the table. They are white. If you
compare the colour shade of flag with these white elements on this picture, we
can state that this flag is definitley not white. This flag may not belong to
Bogotá itself, likely it belongs to a department or other entity of Mayor
administration.
Zoltan Horvath, 24 November 2013
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by Carlos Thompson, 22 March 2003
Distrito Capital (Bogotá) adopted the Coat of Arms at the
Real cédula dada en Valladolid on 3 December 1548, ten year
after the fundation of the city.
Luis Carrillo, 15 July 2002
The crowned eagle is because we were under the government of
Spain, I think that is what it represent. About the flowers that
the coat of arms has, it is the grenade flower, that's because
Colombia, as you know, was named Nueva
Granada (New Grenade). The Colors are red and yellow because it
was a Spanish colony.
Juan Arenas, 31 March 2004
The correct name of "granda" in English is
"pomegranate". The Latin name of the pomegranate tree
is "Punica granatum". "Punica" recalls that
the tree was brought back from Carthago by the Romans. In French,
the ancient name of the fruit was "pume grenate",
"pume" being an ancient form of "pomme"
(apple) and "grenate" derived from Latin
"granatum", a fruit with grains, via a dialect of
Northern Italia (Grand Robert de la Langue Francaise). The name
of the fruit was later simplified to "grenade", the
same word being later used for the weapon. In the ancient
mythology, the grain of pomegranate was the symbol of the faults
and pleasures which sent you to hell. It was later adopted as the
mystical symbol of divine perfection (op. cit.).
Ivan Sache, 1 April 2004
Today during the inauguration of the Mayor of the City of Bogotá, one can see
the sash, which has the same colors as the flag and also the
Coat of Arms.
The sash can be seen here:
- Picture:
http://www.elespectador.com/files/images/201201/b0fcdb13b2f4da9b324ead95ffcbb7ca.jpg
(Source:
http://www.elespectador.com/noticias/bogota/imagen-319212-gustavo-francisco-petro-alcalde-de-bogota)
- Video:
http://www.eltiempo.com/colombia/bogota/posesion-de-gustavo-petro-alcalde-de-bogota_10931227-4
Esteban Rivera, 02 January 2012
Yesterday on CM& news, a local news
broadcast, the flag of the Personería de Bogotá is seen.
Personería de Bogotá D.C. is the organization in charge of the defense and
safeguard of the citizens' rights and operates at the local level, that is,
city-wide. It's kind of a mixture between the
Defensoría and the Procuraduría. The
Procuraduría de Bogotá was established more recently by Decree No. 1421 of 1993,
its roots date back to the XVIIIth century.
Source:
http://www.personeriabogota.gov.co/content/historia
The flag of the Personería de Bogotá D.C.is a white horizontal flag with the
logo in the middle.
Images attached:
- Cropped logo from the
official website.
- Flag of the Personería, first flag from left to right.
An image of the flag is seen here:
http://www.bogota.gov.co/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/field/image/salud2.jpg
Source:
http://www.bogota.gov.co/salud/Supersalud%20y%20Personeria%20de%20Bogota%20firman%20convenio%20para%20proteger%20a%20usuarios%20de%20la%20salud
(Bogotá Mayor's Office official website)
For additional information please go to:
Personería de Bogotá (official
website)
Esteban Rivera, 07 September 2013
image located
by Esteban Rivera, 14 December 2015
On March 18 during the main broadcast of tv news
CM&, one can see the flag of the EAAB (Empresa
de Acueducto y Alcantarillado de Bogotá, Aqueduct and Sewer Company of Bogotá).
EAAB was established by
Acuerdo (Law) 105 of the Administrative (City) Council of Bogotá on December
9, 1955.
Sources:
this portal,
http://www.acueducto.com.co/streaming/video02_.asx and
https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empresa_de_Acueducto_de_Bogot%C3%A1
The flag is the
logo on a light blue blackground.
Image iscropped image from tv broadcast
at 21:33.
For additional information please go to: Acueducto (official website)
Esteban Rivera, 14 December 2015
