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by Jens Pattke, 29 October 2002
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Quito's flag is a blue-red-blue tricolour, and about half of
them showed a coat of arms (see: Variant (?))
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T.F. Mills, 11 December 1997
I located a "simpler" variant at <www.ciudadfutura.com/pabrllon.htm>
and also a gonfalon at <estand.htm>.
CoA at <escudo.htm>.
Dov Gutterman, 10 December 2001
It's not the same blazon seen above. In fact, it's just the
castle. But the flag (pabellón) and gonfalon (estandarte) in
this website date from 1944. Shall we accept them as official? I
think we can take them as former representations of the Quito
flag.
Blas Delgado, 13 December 2001
I made the "Variant (?)" from a
small flag which I purchased in Quito shortly before submitting
them. I saw many more like them on buildings and none like
the 1944 model -- so I think your assumptions are fairly
sound. I know very little about the vexillographic culture
of Ecuador, but in my experience much of the world does not have
"sealed patterns". It is therefore possible that
the difference is not an official evolution.
T.F. Mills, 13 December 2001
The flag above is based on the province official site at <