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Los �ngeles commune (Chile)

Comuna de Los �ngeles

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[Los �ngeles commune flag]
image by Ant�nio Martins, 5 December 2002
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About the flag

At http://www.losangeles.cl/comunidad/historia/bandera.htm it is said that the flag was created by 16 year old Santiago Patricio Castro Rojas, winner of a design competition held in April 1975. The flag was approved the following month by communal decree of Mayor Mario R�os Santander. (The flag designer died suddenly at the age of 20; the flag he created is visible on his tombstone.) The flag is Spanish style triband of green, white, and green, though the text at http://www.losangeles.cl/comunidad/historia/bandera.htm doesn't specify precisely the relative width of the middle stripe — it's just "wider" ("m�s ancha") than the others. The ratio is not mentioned, but the image on line is roughly 2:3. The coat of arms is set on the middle of the white stripe, its height slightly larger than 1/3rd of the flag's height.
Ant�nio Martins, 5 December 2002

Coat of arms detail

[Los �ngeles commune arms]
image by Ant�nio Martins, 5 December 2002

Arms: Argent, an ox gules between two bars wavy azure, each charged with two barrulets wavy argent, in chief three lightning flashes gules crossed, one in fess and two per saltire; the whole within a border azure charged with eight eagles displayed argent. (The birds could also be called eaglets, since they're so small.)
Mike Oettle, 6 December 2002

The meaning of these arms is as follows:
  • the ox stands for the boldness of the ancient settlers of Laja island
  • the wavy bars stand for the rivers Biob�o and Laja, which flow nearby
  • the lightning flashes stand for the local hydroelectrical plants, and
  • the eagle bordure stands for the Spanish and later Chilean garrisons at the Biob�o Line, once the southern border of Chile.
Ant�nio Martins, 5 December 2002 (quoting from http://www.losangeles.cl/comunidad/historia/bandera.htm)