New Flag of the Department of Santander, modified on 2006.

The Flag of the Department of Santander is one of the symbols that identifies the Colombian Department of Santander. Colombia (kəˈlʌmbɪə officially the Republic of Colombia () is a country in northwestern South America.

History

As the Sovereign State of Santander, the flag was the Colombian Flag with the Colombian Coat of arms in the center, with a red banner encircling the Coat of arms that read "ESTADO SOBERANO DE SANTANDER" (es: Sovereign State of Santander). The Sovereign State of Santander was a State in the former Country of Granadine Confederation which included the provinces of Socorro and Pamplona List of Colombian flags The Flag of Colombia was adopted on November 26, 1861. The Coat of Arms of Colombia contains a shield with numerous symbols ^[1]

When the States were dissolved and the Department of Santander was formed the symbols were obsolete and needed to change.

Modifications

In 1972, The Governor of Santander officially adopted the new flag of Santander by means of the Decree Nº 579 of 1972. Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. A decree is an order made by a Head of state or government and having the force of Law.

This flag served as the Departmental flag until 2006 when it was modified by means of the Decree Nº 254 of 2006. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. The new flag would have eight stars instead of six, as in 2005, the Departmental Congress had modified the number of provinces from 6 to 8, and because the stars in the flag represented the Provinces, the flag needed to be changed to represent its original meaning. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. ^[2]

Description

The Flag of Santander has a complicated design, it is a fimbriated horizontal bicolour triband, with a red stripe in the hoist that has eight stars. A star is a massive luminous ball of plasma. The nearest star to Earth is the Sun, which is the source of most of the Energy on Earth

Article 2 of the Decree Nº 579 of 1972, states that the flag of Santander would be a Vert Rectangle with two thirds the width in relation with its length, surmounted by a stripe of gules in the hoist, with a vertical line of six stars in argent. This article describes the heraldic tincture vert For other uses see Vert (disambiguation. In Geometry, a rectangle is defined as a Quadrilateral where all four of its angles are Right angles A rectangle with vertices ABCD would be denoted as Length is the long Dimension of any object The length of a thing is the distance between its ends its linear extent as measured from end to end Length is the long Dimension of any object The length of a thing is the distance between its ends its linear extent as measured from end to end In Heraldry, gules (pronounced with a hard 'g' is the tincture with the colour Red, and belongs to the class of dark tinctures called "colours" In Heraldry, argent is the tincture of silver, and belongs to the class of light tinctures called "metals" The field would be cut in the middle by a stripe of or of a quarter in width in respect to the flag, on top of this would be in the middle another horizontal stripe in sable, a third of the size of the previous stripe. In Heraldry, or (from the French word for gold) is the tincture of gold, and belongs to the class of light tinctures called "metals" SABLE is an XML Markup language used to annotate texts for Speech synthesis.

Due to the latest modifications, the stars would be 8, instead of 6.

Meanings

• The Red hoist, symbolizes the nobility and the vertical bravery of the Santanderian race.

• The Argent Stars, represent the eight Provincial Nuclei that form part of the Department: Soto Norte, Vélez, García Rovira, Guanentá, Comuneros, Mares, Metropolis and Carare Opon. José Custodio Cayetano García Rovira (March 2 1780 - August 8 1816 was a Neogranadine general statesman and painter who fought for the independence of New Granada Guanentá is a province in the Santander department, in Colombia.

• The Vert or green, denotes loyalty, hope and the certainty with which the citizens of the Department have worked its land and improved its industry with great effort. This page is about loyalty as faithfulness to a cause For its use in business see Loyalty business model or Loyalty Marketing. Hope is a Belief in a positive outcome related to events and Circumstances in one's life A related article is titled Uncertainty. For statistical certainty see Probability.

• The Golden or Or stripe, and the Sable of Black stripe, symbolize the natural resources of the land that have been exploited since the times of the colony, these are Gold, Coal and Petroleum. Gold (ˈɡoʊld is a Chemical element with the symbol Au (from its Latin name aurum) and Atomic number 79 Petroleum ( L petroleum, from Greek πετρέλαιον, lit ^[3]

See also

• Coat of arms of the Department of Santander
• Flag of Bucaramanga

Notes

1. ^ http://www.fotw.net/flags/co_gco.html Info on FOTW
2. ^ DECRETO 254 DE 2006 “Por el cual se modifica el artículo 2º del Decreto 579 de 1972”
3. ^ http://www.gobernaciondesantander.gov.co/santander/portal/modulos.php?name=contenido&file=contenido&func=con&codi=17&namecont=Emblemas Emblems of the Department of Santander