The Flag of the Department of Boyacá is the official flag

Flag

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 and symbol of the Colombia

Colombia

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n Department

Departments of Colombia

Colombia is an unitary republic formed by thirty-two departments and a Capital District . Each department has a Governor and a Department Assembly , elected by popular vote for a four-year period. The governor cannot be re-elected in consecutive periods...

 of Boyacá

Boyacá Department

Boyacá is one of the 32 Departments of Colombia, and the remnant of one of the original nine states of the "United States of Colombia".Boyacá is centrally located within Colombia, almost entirely within the mountains of the Eastern Cordillera to the border with Venezuela, although the western end...

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The flag was approved by Ordinance 47 of 1967 and Decrees 218 and 495 of 1968 by the Governor of Boyacá. The flag is similar in dimensions to the flags of Costa Rica

Flag of Costa Rica

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 and Thailand

Flag of Thailand

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The Flag of Boyacá is made up of five horizontal stripes. The extreme superior (first) and inferior (fifth) stripes of green color occupy a 1/6 of the flag and mean faith, devotion to service, respect and the hope of the people of Boyaca, it also symbolizes the fertility of Boyaca's countryside and the emerald green of the land.

The stripes close to the central stripe (second and fourth) colored white are also 1/6 of the flag and mean the love of the people from Boyaca for their Department, to their thoughtfulness and dedicated and decisive virtues to maintain the unity of Boyaca.

The central red stripe occupies 1/3 of the flag and symbolizes the blood of those who sacrificed their lives during the War of Independence from Spain in the fields of Tame

Tame, Arauca

Tame is a town and municipality in the Arauca Department, Colombia. The municipality has a total area of 5,300 km².- History :The region was explored by the German conquistador Jorge de Espira in 1536. There he encountered several Indian tribes from the Arawakan and the Goajiboan language families;...

, Pisba

Pisba, Boyacá

Pisba is a town and municipality in Boyacá Department, Colombia, part of the subregion of La Libertad Province....

, Socha

Socha

Socha is a town and municipality in the Colombian Department of Boyacá, part of the Valderrama Province a subregion of Boyaca....

, Gámeza

Gámeza

Gámeza is a town and municipality in the Colombian Department of Boyacá, part of the Sugamuxi Province a subregion of Boyaca....

, in the Battle of Boyacá

Battle of Boyacá

The Battle of Boyacá in Colombia, then known as New Granada, was the battle in which Colombia acquired its definitive independence from Spanish Monarchy, although fighting with royalist forces would continue for years....

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