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Flag of Garafía

The flag of the palm-growing municipality of Garafía is made up of three vertical stripes of equal size: green at the flagpole, yellow in the centre and blue at the fly side.

Flag of Garafía
Coat of arms

The flag, in figures

Every fact about the flag, each with what it means.

Proportions
2:33 wide for every 2 high. 989 flags in the catalogue share it.
Properties
Normal flagFIAV symbol: the form of the flag.
Use
CivilFIAV symbol: who may fly the flag.
Colours
  • Blue
  • Yellow
  • Green
Reference shades: the official one may vary slightly.
Coat of arms
YesIt carries the coat of arms on the cloth.
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  1. The three stripes

  2. 1

    The royal crown

  3. 2

    The fourteen stars

  4. 3

    The pine tree

How it is described

The flag in the words of vexillology and heraldry.

Vexillological description

Bandera de tres franjas verticales de igual anchura, con el escudo municipal en la central.

Franja del asta
de sinople (verde).
Franja central
de oro (amarillo).
Franja del batiente
de azur (azul).
Escudo
centrado, en la franja central.

Descripción heráldica

Escudo cortado y mantelado en punta. I. En campo de azur (azul), catorce estrellas de cinco puntas de plata, ordenadas en posición horizontal, en cuatro grupos de tres y un último grupo de dos. II. En campo de plata, un pino natural fustado. III. En campo de gules (rojo), un grafismo circuliforme en oro, centrado. Al timbre, corona real cerrada.

The colours of the arms

Azur:
blue
Plata:
white
Al natural:
in its real colours
Gules:
red
Oro:
yellow

Blasón oficial (Orden de 16-05-1995, BOC n.º 84, 05-07-1995).

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  2. 2. In heraldry, what colour is “Gules”?

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Sources

Text based on the article “Bandera de Garafía” from the Spanish Wikipedia, published under the licence CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Credits

Flag image: felipealvarez-jaer 21:48, 10 November 2007 (UTC), Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0.

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