Casanare Department (Colombia)

Departamento de Casanare

Last modified: 2008-08-16 by dov gutterman
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image by Johnny Andersson, 30 July 2005

• Overview
• Previously Reported (WRONG ?) Flag
• Coat of Arms

See also:

• Colombia
• Clickable map of Colombia
• Colombia - Departamentos and Distrito Capital

Municipalities:

• Aguazul
• Chámeza
• Hato Corozal
• La Salina
• Maní
• Monterrey
• Nunchía
• Orocué
• Paz de Ariporo
• Pore
• Recetor
• Sabanalarga
• Sácama
• San Luis de Palenque
• Támara
• Tauramena
• Trinidad
• Villanueva
• Yopal

Other sites:

• <www.casanare.gov.co>

Overview

Department flag according to image at <www.casanare.gov.co>:
"DESCRIPCION
Bandera tronchada (partida diagonalmente), con un sol amarillo de ocho puntas.
Significado:
El rojo: La sangre de nuestros héroes.
El verde: Nuestras riquezas naturales y llanura,
Las ocho puntas del sol: Representan cada una de las letras de la palabra."
Johnny Andersson, 30 July 2005

There is an image of the Coat of Arms of Casanare at the official website of the Government of the Department of Casanare. There, they mentiond the authors of the Coat of Arms as Ana Isbel Navarro M., André Abellaneda "Obeen", and Master Heraldrists. The leyend on the bottom reads TRABAJO Y LIBERTAD (Labor and Freedom) on balck letters on a red background.
Source: <www.casanare.gov.co>.
E.R., 4 November 2008

Previously Reported (WRONG ?) Flag

image by Ivan Sache and Jorge Candeias , 28 December 1998

This image is based on <interec.com/casanare/b.html> (defunct).
Dov Gutterman , 27 December 1998

Coat of Arms

image by António Martins-Tuválkin, 4 November 2008