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national flag of Colombia
  • Part 1 (Sacrado - San Andrés)
  • Part 2 (San Benito - San Isidro)
  • Part 3 (San José - San Lorenzo)
  • Part 4 (San Luis - San Pablo)
  • Part 5 (San Patricio - San Vicente)
  • Part 6 (Santa Ana - Santa Lucia)
  • Part 7 (Santa Maria - Santa Teresita)
  • Part 8 (Santiago - Sarid)
  • Part 9 (Sebastian - Sinai)

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Sincelejo, Institución Educativa Normal Superior de

image by Ivan Sache, 19 October 2018

The flag of Institución Educativa Normal Superior de Sincelejo (Sucre Department) is horizontally divided green-yellow-red. The meaning of the colors has not been recorded in the school's history.
https://josefrancop7.blogspot.com/2016/01/horizonte-y-simbolos-institucionales.html
Jose Franco's blog
Ivan Sache, 19 October 2018


Sincerin, Institucion Educativa Técnica Agropecuaria

image by Ivan Sache, 04 December 2014

Institucion Educativa Técnica Agropecuaria de Sincerin (INETASIN) was originally established in Sincerin (municipality of Arjona, Bolívar Department) by Decree No. 453 of 4 March 1971, as Escuela Oficial Rural Mixta de Sincerin. Colegio Departamental de Bachillerato Mixto de Sincerin (COBASIN) was established by Ordinance No. 117 of 19 February 1981. Institucion Educativa de Sincerin (INESIN) was established in 2001 and eventually transformed into INETASIN in 2003.
The flag of INETASIN is quartered blue-white. The two colours jointly symbolize the Caribbean joy and the human  quality of the population. Blue is a symbol of water and of the nearby Caribbean Sea. White is a symbol of peace and altruism.
Source: http://www.inetasin.edu.co/conceptual/simbolos.html - Institute's website
Ivan Sache, 04 December 2014


Sinú, Universidad del

"Universidad del Sinú 'Elías Bechara Zainúm' "  (a.k.a UniSinú) was founded in 1974 in Montería by Dr. Elías Bechara Zainúm. Born in 1920, Bechara studied chemistry; he founded in 1962 the "Instituto Agricola de Lorica" and in 1964 the first university in the region, the "Universidad Nacional de Cordóba". In 1974, he founded the "Corporación Educativa Superior de Cordóba", renamed in 1980 "Corporación Educativa Superior del Sinú".
The university has today two campuses, in Montería (Faculties of Law; Health Sciences; Odontology; Social, Human and Education Sciences; Economic and Accounting Sciences; Architecture Science and Engineering) and Cartagena (founded in 1998).
The flag of the university is shown graphically and described on the university's website. It is horizontally divided in white and red stripes, whose number is not clear on the graphic (probably five stripes starting with a white stripe on top).
Red represents strength and power while white represents peace and tranquility.
Ivan Sache, 16 December 2008


Soacha, Institución Educativa Integrado de

image by Ivan Sache, 11 August 2014

The flag of Institución Educativa integrado de Soacha (IEIS) is horizontally divided red-green with the institute's emblem in the middle.
The emblem of the institute is white with red stylized letters "EIS".
Source: http://ieintegradodesoacha.blogspot.fr/2012/09/nuestros-simbolos-escudo-ieis-bandera.html - Institute's blog
Ivan Sache, 11 August 2014


Soacha, Liceo Mayor de

image by Ivan Sache, 11 March 2017

Liceo Mayor de Soacha "Bienestar para todos" (Welfare For All) was inaugurated on 11 February 2013 in Soacha (Cundinamarca Department), by Corporación Educativa Minuto de Dios, a corporation founded in 1958 by Father Rafael García Herreros Unda (1909-1992) , which manages 24 educational institutes all over Colombia.

The flag of the institute is quartered yellow-red-blue-white by a white saltire, charged in the center with the institute's emblem.
The triangles represent the institutional values of the institute:
- Red is a symbol of love;
- White is a symbol of justice;
- Yellow is a symbol of commitment;
- Blue is a symbol of liberty.
Red and white are the colours of the flag of Soacha, while yellow and blue are the colours of Corporación Educativa Minuto de Dios. The saltire represents evangelism, purity, and the transversal features of education lit by the Gospel.

The emblem of the institute is made of a shield horizontally divided white-red, charged in the upper part with a white open book inscribed with the golden yellow letters "MD" and a white cross, the whole derived from the emblem of Corporación Educativa Minuto de Dios, and in the lower part with the black letters "LMS". The shield surmounted by a blue scroll inscribed with "FORMACIÓN INTEGRAL" (Integral Education) in white capital letters. Beneath the shield a blue scroll inscribed with "A LA LUZ DEL EVANGELIO" (Lit by the Gospel).
http://www.colegiosminutodedios.co/soacha/index.php/quienes-somos/nosotros/simbolos - Institute's website
Ivan Sache, 11 March 2017


Socha, Escuela Normal Superior de

image by Ivan Sache, 10 September 2014

Escuela Normal Superior is located in Socha (Boyacá Department).
The flag of the institute is horizontally divided dark blue-white-dark blue. The flag was adopted on 28 January 2003 in a meeting of the parents,  students and teachers.
The upper stripe represents the youth's clear horizon. The central stripe refers to inner peace, vitality, positive vibrations in spiritual places, as well as acts open to change and clarity to analyze situations and triumph in difficult moments. The lower stripe represents the sky, the water resources of the municipality, sincerity and belonging to the institute.
Source: http://norsocha.jimdo.com/nuestra-institucion/simbolos/ - Institute's website
Ivan Sache, 10 September 2014


Socorro, Colegio Universitario

image by Ivan Sache, 13 January 2009
Current flag

image by Ivan Sache, 13 January 2009
Former flag (until 1993)

"Colegio Universitario Socorro" was founded in Socorro, Department of Santander, on 15 January 1826, as "Colegio del Socorro", succeeding a primary school originally founded in 1778. The institute was elevated a "Colegio Universitario" in 1823. The Department of Santander merged in 2002 (Decrees No. 12501, 28 October, and No. 13488, 18 November) "Colegio Universitario Socorro" with "Concentración Escolar Kennedy", "Concentración Escolar Bicentenario", "Instituto Cooperativo Cacique Chanchón" and "Concentración Escolar Comuneros".
The flag of the institute is shown graphically and described on the website of the institute.
Deploring that the institute had the same flag as most other educational institutes of Socorro and the national police, the Arts professors Luis Eduardo Manrique Corzo and Alirio Gómez Gómez proposed in 1993 to change the flag of the institute, while keeping its traditional colours, white and green. The board of the institute agreed and organized a flag competition, whose winners were the students Leady Selenet Archila and Adriana Maria Estévez Gerena, from the "7B" class.
The flag is 2.50 m x 1.75 m (proportions 7:10), horizontally divided white-emerald green-white-emerald green-white (3:7:15:7:3) with the emblem of the institute in the middle. White represents purity, virtue and transparency. Green represents hope in a better future.
The designer of the emblem, used for 50 years, is unknown. The shield is "Per bend sinister vert a mullet or argent an eagle gules", with a white scroll charged with "CUS" sable over the chief, and "SIC ITUR AD ASTRA" sable in the border of the shield.
Green represents hope and the agronomical resources of the region.
The yellow star represents the light enlightening and guiding the students and educators on the right way. "CUS" is the acronym of "Colegio Universitario Socorro".
White represents purity, clarity, sensibility, virtue and noble aspirations.
The red eagle spreading wings to fly represents greatness, visual acuity, liberty, courage, strength and value required to get rid of the obstacles.
The Latin motto "SIC ITUR AD ASTRA" means "Thus you shall go to the stars". The original source is in Virgil's Aeneid (IX, 641), Apollo exhorting young Ascanius: "Macte, nova virtute, puer, sic itur ad astra" ("Courage, child, thus you shall go to the stars").
Ivan Sache, 13 January 2009


Soledad Atlántico, Instituto Tecnólogico de - ITSA

ITSA ("Instituto Tecnólogico de Soledad Atlántico"), based in Soledad, was recognized by Law 391 on 23 July 1997. The flag of ITSA is shown graphically and described on the ITSA website. The flag is horizontally divided blue-yellow-blue with the logo of ITSA in the middle.
The logo of ITSA is composed of a series of elements graphically symbolizing the most significant features of the origin of ITSA and of its institutional mission.
The cogwheel symbolizes industrialization and was inspired by a similar element from the logo of ITIDA (Instituto Técnico Industrial del Atlántico), the institute where the creation of ITSA was decided. The green disk in the middle corresponds to the universal projection of ITSA. The typography used for "ITSA" reflects solidity and seriousness, increased with elements representative of the study areas of the institute.
The name of the institute in a semi-circular pattern stands on an open book yellow and blue, representing education as the source of knowledge.
Ivan Sache, 19 December 2008


Soledad Rafael U. Lafaurie Rivera, Liceo Mayor de (LIMASOL)

image by Ivan Sache, 11 March 2017

Liceo Mayor de Soledad Rafael U. Lafaurie Rivera (LIMASOL), established in 2009 in the Villaestadio borough, Soledad, Atlántico Department, had its management granted in 2009, for a period of 12 years, to Corporación Educativa Minuto de Dios, a corporation founded in 1958 by Father Rafael García Herreros Unda (1909-1992), which manages 24 educational institutes all over Colombia.
http://www.colegiosminutodedios.co - institute's website

The flag of the institute is horizontally divided green-white with the institute's emblem in the middle.
The emblem is made of a white disk inscribing a white open book, the black silhouette of a couple and two children, and the golden yellow letters "MD" and a white cross, derived from the emblem of Corporación Educativa Minuto de Dios. The disk is surrounded by a green ring inscribed with "LICEO MAYOR DE SOLEDAD" (top) and "Rafael U. Lafaurie Rivera" (bottom) in golden yellow letters.
http://www.colegiosminutodedios.co/soledad/index.php/quienes-somos/nosotros/simbolos - Institute's website
Ivan Sache, 11 March 2017


Sor Josefa Del Castillo y Guevara, Escuela Normal Superior

image by Ivan Sache, 28 March 2009

"Escuela Normal Superior 'Sor Josefa Del Castillo y Guevara' " was founded in the 1950s at Chiquinquirá, Department of Boyacá. The institute is named after Venerable Mother Josefa Del Castillo y Guevara (1671-1742), called "St. Teresa of America"; her works, eventually published in 1968, include  her autobiography ("Mi vida" / "My Life") and a mystic treatise ("Afectos espirituales" / "Spiritual Affections").
The flag of the institute, as shown graphically and described on the institute's website, is horizontally divided green- white-"carmelite" ("carmelito"). "Carmelite" must be here the brown colour of the Carmelite mantle.
Green represents hope.
White represents purity.
"Carmelite" represents the union of souls with duty, the commitment of the life to the service of mankind in its most noble way, education.
Ivan Sache, 28 March 2009


Sor María Juliana, Institución Educativa

image by Ivan Sache, 06 September 2014

Institución Educativa Sor María Juliana was established in Cartago (Valle Department) on 25 February 1927 by the noted pedagogue Albertina Hoyos. Aimed at educating the future mothers of the town, the institute was subsequently renamed Escuela Complementaria, directed by the teacher Pastora Murillo, who ended her life as a Franciscan nun. The alumni of the institute were famous for their calligraphic writing and perfect orthography, as well as for all kinds of household skills. The institute was renamed in 1958 Liceo Femenino de Comercio and, in 1965, Instituto Sor María Juliana. The institute was renamed for a teacher of Colegio María Auxiliadora highly estimated by Ruby Gonzáles, the director of the institute. The lawyer Leonor García Ramírez, director of the institute from 1977 to 1997, obtained in 1983 yet another name change, for Instituto de Bachillerato Técnico Comercial Sor María Juliana. Institución Educativa Sor María Juliana was eventually established by Law No. 1,667 of 3 September 2002.
The flag of the institute is blue with the institute's emblem in the middle. Blue, the colour of the immense sky, is a symbol of progress, highest aspirations, and willingness to learn and to experiment.
Source: http://iesormariajuliana.edu.co/?page_id=407 - Institute's website
The emblem of the institute, designed by Luis María Franco, is blue, with the same symbolism as the flag, featuring:
- a sun, meaning the light of truth, science and knowledge:
- an open book, meaning willingness and empowerment for a better future;
- a torch, whose flame means compromise and integrity.
Source: http://iesormariajuliana.edu.co/?page_id=404 - Institute's website
Ivan Sache, 06 September 2014


Stella Matutina, Colegio

image by Ivan Sache, 16 December 2008

"Colegio Stella Matutina" (in Latin, "Morning Star", a personification of the Blessed Virgin invoked in the "Litany of the Blessed Virgin Mary" / "Litaniae lauretanae") was inaugurated in 1962 by the Congregation of the Sisters of Bethany ("Congregación Hermanas de Bethania"). Founded by two nuns, Dolores de María Zea and María de la Cruz Pinto, born in Guatemala and Salvador, respectively, the congregation was canonically approved on 20 January 1928 by His Grace José Alfonso Belloso y Sánchez, Bishop of San Salvador, on behalf of Pope Pius XI.
The flag of the institute is horizontally divided blue-green, meaning "from the Earth to Heavens" and symbolizing the hope in heavens. The flag is hoisted, together with the national flag of Colombia, in front of the institute.
Source: <www.stellamatutina.edu.co>.
Ivan Sache, 16 December 2008


Sugamuxi, Colegio de

image by Ivan Sache, 17 July 2014
current flag

image by Ivan Sache, 28 March 2009
former flag

"Colegio de Sugamuxi" (COLSUGA) was founded on 12 October 1905 by Dr. Joselyn Parada Leal at sogamoso, the capital of the Province of Sugamuxi, Department of Boyacá. By Decree No. 17 of the Departmental Assembly, the institute became in 1937 a Departmental School, whose named was changed in 1939 to "Academia Militar del Sugamuxi" or "Colegio del Sugamuxi, Academia Militar". Renamed in 1975 "Colegio Nacional de Sugamuxi", the institute has always been known under its historical name, "Colegio de Sugamuxi", even if its current legal name is "Institución Educativa Sugamuxi".
The flag of COLSUGA, as described on the institute's website, is horizontally divided olive greenish ("aceitunado")-white with a yellow-orange ("amarillo-naranja") triangle placed along the hoist. The triangle was added in 1985 to the former flag, horizontally divided olive greenish-white, whose adoption date is unknown, to distinguish the flag of the institute from the flag of other public and private bodies. Exact proportions and shades not known.
Ivan Sache, 28 March 2009

The flag in use is charged with the institute's emblem.
http://colegio-sugamuxi.blogspot.fr/2009/11/bandera.html - Photo

The emblem was adopted in 1953.
http://colegio-sugamuxi.blogspot.fr/2009/11/escudos.html - Institute's website
Ivan Sache, 17 July 2014


Sumapaz, Institución Educativa Municipal Integral del

image by Ivan Sache, 12 December 2020

The flag of Institución Educativa Municipal Integral del Sumapaz, a school located in Fusagasugá (Cundinamarca), is blue with a white triangle spreading from the hoist to the mid-fly, itself charged with a green triangle placed along the hoist and with the school's coat of arms.

Blue represents water, white represents peace, and green represents the natural environment.

The coat of arms has a green field and mountains, representing the Sumapaz region.
The blue sector represents water flowing down from the mountains.
The golden yellow spikes represent the region's main source of income.
The open book represents opening to knowledge.
The gear represents technological knowledge.
The colibri, as a bird representative of the region, represents knowledge and protection of the natural environment.
The celestial blue sky represents values as source of transparency.
The flaming torch represents passion and love.

https://www.insu.edu.co/sitio/index.php/nuestra-institucion/simbolos
INSU website
Ivan Sache, 12 December 2020


Supía, Institución Educativa

image by Ivan Sache, 12 August 2014

Institución Educativa Supía is established in the municipality of Supía (Caldas Department).
The flag of the institute is horizontally divided white-green. White is a symbol of beauty, transparency, responsibility, clarity, and light. Green is a symbol of vegetation and natural resources.
Source: http://karenliced5.wix.com/institucion-educativa-supia#!bandera - Institute's unofficial blog
Ivan Sache, 12 August 2014


Sur, Institución Educativa Rural del

image by Ivan Sache, 29 January 2009

"Institución Educativa Rural del Sur" (of the South) was founded in the Municipality of Tunja, Department of Boyacá, on 20 September 2002 (Decree No. 02424).
The flag of the institute, as shown graphically and described on the website of the institute, is horizontally divided yellow-green-white- green-yellow (1:1:2:1:1) with six yellow stars in the middle. Yellow represents wisdom, maturity, wealth and generosity, and, on the flag, an allegory of the rural resources in the municipal context and of the common interests shared by the whole community. Green represents the agricultural productivity but also aspirations to a better future supported by science, technology and technique, expected to provide a better standard of life to the inhabitants. White represents peace, balance and sustainable development. The stars are symbols of light, strength, knowledge and victory, each representing a seat of the institute and their institutional interactions.
On the emblem of the institute, designed by Dr. Carlos Cuervo Escobar, the second quarter is yellow with the flag of Tunja (horizontally divided green-white-green, probably a source for the flag of the institute) and the flag of the institute crossed per saltire.
Ivan Sache, 29 January 2009


Susana Guillemin, Institución Educativa

image by Ivan Sache, 21 November 2014

Institución Educativa Susana Guillemin was established in Bélen (Boyacá Department) on 20 February 1965 by a group of ladies of the town and Daughters of Charity (Vicentians). The institute was named for the Superior of the community, while Sister Margarita Martínez was appointed its first director. The institute was placed under departmental management by Decree No. 171 of 7 March 1968.
The flag of the institute is horizontally divided green-golden yellow. Green is a symbol of hope, good and strength. Golden yellow is a symbol of progress, justice and union.
Source: http://investigacionietsusanaguillemin.blogspot.fr/p/nuestra-institucion.html
Ivan Sache, 21 November 2014


Suse, Institución Educativa

image by Ivan Sache, 10 September 2022

IE Suse is located in Aquitania (Department of Boyacá).
The flag of IE Suse is composed of four triangles:
- the white triangle placed along the hoist symbolizes the educational community's peace, purity and fraternity and the space that remains to be discovered on the way to excellence.
- the yellow, bigger triangle placed along he hoist represents light guiding on the way to knowledge and the region's social and cultural resources.
- the upper, green triangle, represents the environment's resources and fertility, as well as the students' intelligence, strength and vigor.
- the lower, blue triangle represents the firmament's immensity and the beauty of majestic lake Tota.

https://sites.google.com/site/colsuse/IESUSE/simbolos - School website

Ivan Sache, 10 September 2022