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Communication from Esteban Rivera: The flag of
Medellin is white and green in equal stripes with the town's
coat-of-arms in the center. White symbolizes purity, integrity,
obedience, firmness and eloquence; green represents hope,
abundance, freedom and faith.
Jaume Olle'
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image by Eugene Ipavec, 17 July 2006
The coat-of-arms in blue field shows a gold tower and above
the door a shield checky, 7 parts blue and 8 gold. In the upper
part two towers and between them the image of Nuestra Sen~ora
de la Candelaria (Our Lady of the Candelmas), the town's
patron saint; the coat of arms of Medellin was granted by Royal
Grant given in Madrid by King Charles II.
Jaume Olle'
image by Eugene Ipavec, 10 September 2005
Flag of Metroseguridad (=Metrosecurity). It is a company owned
and run by the Government of the City of Medellin, Colombia. This
public company is in charge of much of the security of Medellin,
operating with authorized Police and other security personnel for
the safety of the City. Official website: <www.metroseguridad.gov.co>.
Note that it has the same color structure as the flag of
Medellin.
E.R., 10 September 2005
image by Eugene Ipavec, 31 July 2006
Medellín and its Metropolitan Area - Medellín, the captial
of the Department of Antioquia, together with other
municipalities, form the "Área Metropolitana del Valle de
Aburrá, or Metropolotian Area of the Aburra Valley. This
is for economic purposes, in order to get more funds from the
central government. They have an English page available
too: <www.metropol.gov.co>.
This "Area" is made up of 7 municipalities, which are
as follows:
Caldas
La Estrella
Sabaneta
Itaguí
Envigado
Medellín
Bello
Copacabana
Girardota
Barbosa.
(Each one has its own flag, anthem and Coat of Arms). For
now, only Bello, Envigado anfd Itagüí have their symbols ready
E. R., 5 September 2001
The flag of Área Metropolitana del Valle de Aburrá is the
logo on white background. The Área Metropolitana was established
in 1980 and regulated by Law No. 128 of 1994, and Law No. 99 of
1993.
E. R., 31 July 2006 and 11 January 2008