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Flag of San Xoán de Río

Municipal flag of San Xoán de Río (Ourense, Spain)

Flag of San Xoán de Río
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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.
Adopted
20212 December 2021 · 5 years ago
Colours
  • red
  • yellow
  • white
  • natural
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 red cloth

  2. 1

    The Saint John’s cross

  3. 2

    The tower

  4. 3

    The chestnut branches

How it is described

The flag in the words of vexillology and heraldry.

Vexillological description

Bandera de proporción 2:3, de color rojo liso, con una torre en el centro flanqueada por dos ramas.

Campo
rojo (gules), liso.
Torre
dorada (oro), centrada, con una cruz sanjuanista blanca (plata).
Ramas
dos, de castaño al natural, una a cada lado de la torre.

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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How it was born, how it has changed and what it means.

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  1. 1. Which one is the flag of San Xoán de Río?

  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?

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Flag image: Macondo, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0.

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