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The flag was adopted by Decree Number 234, of July 2, 1970.
The flag consists of 17 equal horizontal stripes starting from
the top and finishing in the bottom with color green, and
overlapped by white, thus making it 9 green stripes and 8 white
stripes.
The Coat of Arms was created by Baronio Rojas and accepted
officially by Decree Number 164, 1956. Afterwards, on December 5,
1960 the Decree Number 389 was issued, adopting the Coat of Arms
with the letters DM (standing for Departamento de Meta)
Source: official
website of the Government of the Department of Meta.
E.R, 3 January 2008
image contributed by Felipe Carrillo, 17 May 2002