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images by Dov Gutterman, 1 September 2008,
Daniel Rentería, 16 December 2025
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Santa Catalina (officially: Santa Catalina de Alejandría) is
a municipality located in the Bolívar Department. It was founded
on 2 July 1744.
The flag of Santa Catalina is horizontally divided
blue-white-grey/silver-green.
Source: municipal
web site.
Dov Gutterman, 1 September 2008
The four-striped flag is the de-facto civil flag. The flag with the seal of the municipality in the center is the one used by the municipality. Sadly, I can't find anything about the flag history. Indeed, blue is for the coast and green is for the land; white and gray are more ambiguous.
I was informed the flag and coat of arms were approved through Local Agreement No. 002 on 28 March 2003. Reinaldo Padilla Alcazar and Jairo Marriaga Marenco are recognized as the creators of the symbols. Both authors submitted their proposal to the Council for its adoption.
Flag photo at
https://caracol.com.co/2025/06/24/santa-catalina-bolivar-celebrara-281-anos-de-historia-identidad-y-proyeccion-al-futuro/
Daniel Rentería, 16 December 2025
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image from municipal
web site
The seal logo of the Municipality has an outer ring in white reading
MUNICIPIO SANTA CATALINA DE ALEJANDRIA, reading at the bottom with a dot at each
end 2 DE JULIO DE 1744 [2 July 1744]. In the center is a coat of arms, sometimes
depicted by itself as the Municipal logo; it has a municipal flag on each side,
tied together at the bottom. The shield is rounded, having two bulges at the
top. The upper-left has two corn plants over soil, signifying agriculture; the
upper-right depicts the Totumo Mud Volcano for which the municipality is famous
in tourist potential, beside the Totumo Swampland. The lower section depicts
hills beside a house, and two fishermen on canoes signifying the fishing
industry along the department's coast.
Daniel Rentería, 16 December 2025