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Debarca (Municipality, Macedonia)

Дебарца

Presentation of Debarca
Former municipality of Belčišta
Former municipality of Mešeišta

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Presentation of Debarca

The municipality of Debarca (5,507 inhabitants; 425.39 sq. km) is made of the 30 settlements of Arbinovo, Belčišta (seat of the municipality), Botun, Brežani, Belmej, Bolino, Brbjani, Godivje, Gorenci, Gorno Sredorečne, Grko Pole, Dolno Sredorečne, Zlesti, Izdeglavje, Klimeštani, Laktinje, Lešani, Mešeišta, Mramorec, Novo Selo, Ozdoleni, Orovnik, Pesočani, Slatino, Slatinski Čiflik, Slivovo, Sošani, Trebeništa, Turje and Crvena Voda.
The municipality is named after the valley of Debarca, located north of the lake of Ohrid in western Macedonia.

There is no information on the flag of Debarca.

Ivan Sache & Željko Heimer, 18 June 2006

Former municipality of Belčišta

Flag of Belčišta - Image by Mello Luchtenberg & António Martins, 16 September 2006

The municipality of Belčišta (3,354 inhabitants in 1994) was incorporated into the municipality of Debarca in 2004.

The flag of Belčišta, as shown on the Macedonian Ministry of Local Self-Government website (page no longer online), is a vertical flag in proportion 2:1, vertically divided red-yellow-blue with six rows of four white stars each placed in the middle of the yellow stripe.

Ivan Sache, 10 June 2006

This flag might also have an horizontal version red-over-yellow-over-blue. The colours probably originate from the emblem of the town.

Željko Heimer, 30 January 2002

Former municipality of Mešeišta

Flag of Mešeišta - Image by Mello Luchtenberg & António Martins, 13 November 2006

The municipality of Mešeišta (2,918 inhabitants in 1994) was incorporated into the municipality of Debarca in 2004.
Mešeišt is known as the place where the headquarters of the Regional Committee of the Communist Party was moved to from Ohrid in January 1943. The municipality was erected in 1966; beforehand, it was part of Ohrid.

The flag of Mešeišta, as shown on the Macedonian Ministry of Local Self-Government website (page no longer online), is vertical, in proportion 2:1 (vertical).
The charge on the flag is derived from the sun which is placed in the top of the municipal coat of arms. Accordingly, the real flag has probably the sun on top and not on bottom as shown on the image. This seems to be confirmed bya more recent version of the Macedonian Ministry of Local Self-Government website (page no longer online, either), which shows the flag as horizontal, with the sun near the hoist; proper rotation of the flag will logically place the sun on top.

Ivan Sache, 13 November 2006