Putumayo Department (Colombia)

Departamento de Putumayo

Last modified: 2021-08-26 by klaus-michael schneider
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image by Blas Delgado Ortiz , 28 May 2000

• Overview
• Coat of Arms
• Governor's Sash

See also:

• Colombia
• Clickable Map of Colombia
• Colombia - Departamentos and Distrito Capital
• Colombia - Municipalities

Municipalities:

• Mocoa (Capital)
• Colón
• Orito
• Puerto Asís
• Puerto Caicedo
• Puerto Guzmán
• Puerto Leguízamo
• San Francisco
• San Miguel
• Santiago
• Sibundoy
• Valle del Guamuez (La Hormiga)
• Villagarzón

Overview

According to www.todacolombia.com: Black stripe stands for petroleum ("black gold"), main wealth of Putumayo. White is for calm nature of Putumayense people. Green is for forests that cover 4/5 of area. At www.putumayenses.com.co, the order of colors is reversed.
Ivan Sarajcic, 7 February 2007

Putumayo Department website it shows two versions of the flag: a plain flag as reported and a flag charged with the coat of arms.
The description doesn't mention the coat of arms.
Dov Gutterman, 6 August 2009

Coat of Arms

image from departmental website

Governor's Sash

The Governor's Sash of the Department of Putumayo is seen here: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CXfjccVWkAAvfEd.jpg (source:
https://twitter.com/claudialopez/status/682264001816952832). It is the same flag with the coat of arms in the middle.

For additional information go to Putumayo (official website): https://www.putumayo.gov.co/
Esteban Rivera, 13 August 2018