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Flag of Department of Canelones

The Flag of Canelones, alongside the coat of arms and the anthem, is one of the official symbols of the department of Uruguay.

Flag of Department of Canelones
Coat of arms
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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
201018 June 2010 · 16 years ago
Colours
  • White
  • Blue
  • Red
Reference shades: the official one may vary slightly.
Coat of arms
YesIt carries the coat of arms on the cloth.
12

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  1. The white cloth

  2. 1

    The red band

  3. 2

    The nine blue stripes

How it is described

The flag in the words of vexillology and heraldry.

Vexillological description

Paño de proporción 2:3, de plata (blanco), con franjas horizontales y una banda en diagonal; sin escudo.

Franjas
nueve, de azur (azul), estrechas, repartidas de arriba abajo.
Banda
de gules (rojo), ancha, de la esquina superior del asta a la inferior del batiente, que tapa parte de las franjas.

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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Sources

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

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Credits

Flag image: Edgardo Taranco, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain.

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