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Zapayan is a municipality in Magdalena department. It was
founded on 29 April 1800 by José Calvo.
The flag of San Zapayan is the Magdalens
Department flag.
Information in Spanish: "La bandera de Zapayan esta
compuesta por una estrella de cinco puntas compuesta de 30
estrellas que representan el nuevo sol y la nueva esperanza de
nuestro municipio.
Las tres franjas azules representan las aguas que contrastan con
el verdor de nuestra flora, las tres franjas rojas representan la
sangre de nuestros patriotas por la cual disfrutamos de nuestro
nuevo zapayan."
Source: municipal
web site.
Dov Gutterman and Felipe Carillo, 4 August 2008
The village of Zapayán was founded on 29 april 1800 by José
Calvo but the municipality of Zapayán was created much more
recently, by Decree No. 005 signed in June 2000. Or, maybe, the
municipality was refounded, which can explain the "new
Zapayán" mentioned below.
Translated from municipal
web site: "The flag is horizontally divided into three
red stripes and three blue stripes. Thirteen white stars compose
a big five-pointed star. The composed star representis the new
land and the new hope of our municiaplity. The three blue stripes
represent the waters that contrast with the greenness of our
flora; the three red stripes represent the blood shed by our
patriots thanks to whom we enjoy our new Zapayán."
Ivan Sache, 13 August 2008
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image from municipal
web site