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by Antonio Martins, 30 April 2000
See also:
Photo of Santiago de Arma de Rionegro flag (bi-color white
over red) at: http://www.rionegro.gov.co/datos/bandera.html
.On the photo some more flags (Colombia and Antioquia) .CoA with
description of CoA and flag, at:http://www.rionegro.gov.co/datos/
.Santiago de Arma de Rionegro lies near Medellin in Antioquia
province
Jarig Bakker, 9 June 1999
Here is translation from the site:
"[It] was adopted by the agreement no. 043 of February 1974.
The white stands for freedom, purity, independence. Red [stands]
for valour, courage, strength, love for the fatherland and
particularly the blood shed by the sons of the city in the
independence wars. It is compulsory to raise it the 8th
September, 11th November, 6th December (day of Love for Rionegro
[sic]) and on the national holidays."
Santiago Dotor , 1 September 1999
The local flag, a simple white over red bicolor, suposedly
based on the central element of the coat of arms (azure a lion
rampant or ineschuteon of Castille and Leon). Santiago de Arma de
Rionegro belongs to the Antioquia department; the municipality
has 196 km2 and 90 000 inhabitants.
Antonio Martins, 30 April 2000
The flag was adopted by "Acuerdo del Concejo Municipal Nº 043 de febrero de
1974." (Municipal Council Resolution No. 043 of February 1974). Its description
is as follows (original in Spanish): "The color white signifies freedom, purity,
and independence; the color red represents valor, boldness, strength, and love
for the homeland—and, in particular, the blood shed by the city's sons during
the wars of independence."
Sources:
https://repository.eafit.edu.co
and https://rionegro.gov.co/publicaciones/376/simbolos/
Hence, there's
a
variant flag which displays the arms in the middle.
For additional information go to Rionegro (official website):
https://rionegro.gov.co/
Esteban
Rivera, 9 July 2026
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image located by Esteban
Rivera, 9 July 2026
The coat of arms originally belonged to the populated center known as "Arma",
formally "Santiago de Arma" and colloquially known as "Arma Viejo", which is
currently part of the Municipality of Aguada), which
by the way features it in one of its quarters as
issued originally by "Real Cédula del Rey Felipe II del 20 de Marzo de 1596"
(Royal Decree of King Philip II dated March 20, 1596). Around 1777 most of
the population of "Arma" was relocated to the town of "San Nicolás el Magno de
Rionegro" (Saint Nicholas the Great of Rionegro) (which eventually became
known as "Rionegro") until 1808 when settlers from Arma decided to establish the
new Municipality of Aguadas and begin the colonization southwards of the
territory known as "Viejo Caldas" (Ancient Caldas).
Esteban
Rivera, 9 July 2026
image
by Antonio Martins, 30 April 2000
At http://www.gobant.gov.co/gobierno/Rionegro.htm, there is another flag for this municipality with flipped
colours.
Dirk Schonberger and Dov Gutterman, 15 July
2002
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image
located by Esteban Rivera, 13 August 2021
A religious community of Christian denomination called "Centro Cristiano de
Alabanza y Oración" (Worship and Pray Christian Center) is located in Rionegro.
It appears to have a flag that is a white horizontal background [possibly] with the logo in the middle.
Sources:
https://www.facebook.com/iglesiacaorionegro
https://www.google.com/maps
Esteban Rivera, 13 August 2021
