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Colon Province (Panama)

Provincia de Colón

Last modified: 2003-08-16 by dov gutterman
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by Javier Blake, 22 July 2002



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Overview

The Colón Coat of Arms appears in the middle of the Colón flag.
Javier Blake, 22 July 2002

An horizontal tricolor of light blue, white and golden welloy, with a large (diam. approx. half of the flag's height) white disc rimmed black with the provincial emblem on it; on the blue stripe, placed around the disc, five five-pointed golden yellow stars pointing up; and on the yellow stripe the lettering "COLÓN" in large streched dark red capitals (approx. face: "Egypitian").
António Martins, 23 July 2002


Colón Free Zone (Zona Libre de Colón)


by António Martins, 29 May 2003

I found today the website of the Free zone of Colón, Panama, at www.zolicol.com (defunct) where you may find picture of thezone flag (white with a logo), near another (unidentified) flag. A question : should this zone be considered as a subdivision of Panama, or is it only a body created to administrate as far as business is concerned a tax-free zone?
The logo can be seen on blue on the web-page.
Olivier Touzeau, 21 March 2001

It is just a tax-free zone.
Juan Manuel Gabino Villascán, 21 March 2001

The "zone flag" is not a flag, but a logo in banner form.  The two blue triangles stand for North and Central America, with the red triangles at the axis symbolizing the traffic crossing thorough the Is