Pelaya (Cesar, Colombia) (original) (raw)

This page is part of © FOTW Flags Of The World website

Last modified: 2021-08-26 by klaus-michael schneider
Keywords: cesar | pelaya |
Links: FOTW homepage |search | disclaimer and copyright | write us | mirrors

image resized from wikipedia

• Overview

See also:

• Colombia
• Cesar Department

Overview

Pelaya is a municipality in Cesar Department. It was officially founded on 2 December 1948 and previously called Guitarrilla and Corea. It became a municipality in 1983.
The flag of Pelaya is horizontally divided yellow-green with white triangle at the hoist which is charged by a corncob.
Source: municipal web site
Dov Gutterman, 16 August 2008

Translated from municipal web site:
"The flag is made of three basic colours. Yellow represents the resources of our land, green represents the hope of the community and white represents peace and tranquillity. The corn ear symbolizes the main product of the municipality."
Ivan Sache, 1 September 2008