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Flag of department of San José

The flag of San José, Uruguay, consists of two horizontal halves: the upper one red and the lower one blue.

Flag of department of San José
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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.
Adopted
190020 September 1900 · 126 years ago
Colours
  • Red
  • Blue
  • Yellow
  • White
Reference shades: the official one may vary slightly.
Coat of arms
YesIt carries the coat of arms on the cloth.

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  • Red

  • Blue

  • Yellow

  • White

How it is described

The flag in the words of vexillology and heraldry.

Vexillological description

Paño de proporción 2:3, cortado: de gules (rojo) la mitad superior y de azur (azul) la inferior, con un sol de oro (amarillo) de cara humana en el centro, rodeado de un círculo de estrellas de plata (blanco).

Mitad superior
de gules.
Mitad inferior
de azur.
Sol
de oro, con rostro, centrado, de rayos alternativamente rectos y ondulados.
Estrellas
de plata, en círculo alrededor del sol.

What it carries

Each element and how many of the 1,390 flags in the catalogue carry it. In yellow, the rarest.

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  2. 2. Which of these elements appears on the flag?

  3. 3. What are the proportions (height:width) of the flag?

  4. 4. In which year was the current flag adopted?

Sources

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

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Credits

Flag image: Original: Jordevi Vector: SiBr4, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain.

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