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"Riosucio is a municipality in the Chocó Department. It
is located in the region of Urabá, on the Atrato River basin. It
borders Panama and the municipality of Unguía at its north,
Turbo, Mutatá (both in Antioquia), Juradó and Panama at the
east, and Carmen del Darien and Solano Bay at its south. The town
is inaccessible by roads and there is no airport, the river is
the main system of transportation and access.
The name "Riosucio" (in English "Dirty
River") is due to the river of that same name that joins the
Atrato River. The town was founded by the Spaniard Domingo
Bailon."
Riosucio flag is horizontal green-Havana. Information in
Spanish: " Tiene dos franjas iguales que cada una ocupa el
50% del total de la bandera: En la parte Superior Verde:
significa la gran riqueza natural de selvas vírgenes que rodean
el territorio. En la parte Inferior Habano: significa la tierra y
sus riquezas, especialmente la madera cuando está
procesada."
Sources: wikipedia,
Municipal
web site.
Felipe Carillo, Dov Gutterman, 30 July 2008
Habano (Havana) is a light color of tobacco, according to
Spanish-Franch dictionary.
Ivan Sache, 30 July 2008
It appears to be what I'd call "pale cigar brown",
which makes perfect sense. It's similar to ochre, but not nearly
yellow enough. The nearest "real" colour name I know of
to this is fallow,
but that's somewhat lighter normally and I doubt most people
would recognise it as a colour name anyway.
James Dignan, 1 August 2008
Fallow seems to be "color habano". It is, indeed, a
Colombian term.
Nicolás Velásquez, 1 August 2008
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