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image by Fred Drews, 7 June 2007
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Municipalities:
At www.guanaquin.com
you can find: "La municipalidad, presidida por el alcalde
Don Miguel González Delgado, en sesión extraordinaria celebrada
el dia 29 de enero de 1944, acordó que los colores de la bandera
serían verde, que significa las numerosas campiñas, y blanco y
azul en veneración de la enseña patria."
Does this mean the the order of the colors is opposite to the
flag above?
Dov Gutterman, 13 June 2003
It is mentioned as the flag of the municipality, which could
mean different flags for department and municipality.
Dirk Schonberger, 14 June 2003
I dont have confirmation. if I don't remember wrong Fred
Drew reported this flag from a plate or poster and I don't have
evidence that it is a mistake (notice that if colours are upside
down the stripes compositión will be same as Usulután, and if not, same as Chalatenango). The description in the page
states the green first, but also say that blue and white came
from the national flag, and seems that there can be an
explanation for the different color order in the first time (even
if is in bottom) since logically the national colors are more
adequately mentioned in the first description. However, not always
logic is observed. Flag was published in Flag Report 1 as
reported by Fred, and more details added latter in a later issue
(quoting green in first time) but without image because the lack
of confirmation. Is highly frequent in Latin America that the
flag of administrate division capital is also used as flag for
the full administrative division, sometimes changing the arms
when administrative division and city have different arms
(totally different or slightly different)
Jaume Ollé, 14 June 2003
Most municipalities that are the capital of that department
use the same flags as the department and some make small
variations by inverting colors, adding a new color as in Morazán,
or replacing the coat of arms by another one or adding some
inscription on it.
Fred Drews, 14 June 2003
In the department of Sonsonate the flag of the
department should not say Sonsonate above the coat of arms.
The City of Sonsonate (the capital) flag is the one that says
Sonsonate. The capital city also uses the coat of arms of the
department.
Fred Drews, 14 April 2005
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