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by Jaume Olle'
Note: It is possible that this flag is the flag of Quetzaltenango City (see below)
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Quetzaltenango is the second largest city in Guatemala located
in the western part of the country.
Guido Solares, 27 July 1998
The words come from the Spanish Quetzal (National Bird
of Guatemala and the name of its current national currency) and
the Quiche word tenango which means "Land
of...", therefore meaning "Land of the Quetzal".
Juan Carlos Arriola, 17 November 1998
Flagmaster nr. 25 reports the flag of "the city of
Quezaltenango" (probably used by the whole department) with
coat of arms in the center and vertical red, white, blue. Brommer
Atlas (1862) indicates an identical flag but with the blue on the
hoist and the red on the fly (and a quetzal bird in the center)
that would correspond to the Republic
of Los Altos.
Jaume Olle' and Fred Drew from Flag Report
Jaume reported this department flga as *verticl*
red-white-blue with the Coat of Arms. He also reported a
*horizontal* blue-white-red variant.
I located a site abouth the history of the flag of Quetzaltenango
which include this variant and explana