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by Guillermo T. Aveledo, 22 October 2003
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Flag of Valencia is
available at <www.valencia2002.com>.
Dov Gutterman, 2 April 2003
Valencia is one of the most important industrial cities of my
country: it's located on the Center North of Venezuela and is the
Capital of Carabobo State.
Raul Jesus Orta Pardo, 2 April 2003
I can't distinguish the objects on the crimson vertical fringe
of the flag's fly on <www.valencia2002.com>,
so those are missing from my above image.
Guillermo T. Aveledo, 19 April 2002
The Flag - Attributes and Semiology: Consists of a field with approximated ratio 2:3; this is, square and half of length vertically divided in three stripes: a yellow one on the center occupying 2/4 parts of the field and two reds, one to the hoist and the other to the fly occupying the rest 2/4 parts. Completes the design the Municipality Coat of Arms on the center an two escutcheons French shaped at the cantón on the hoist red stripe: one with the image of Our Lady of Socorro (Succour) and another one with a colonial facade slightly descended with respect to the previous one. Even though it seems to be inspired on the Flag of Spain, the official description determines that the yellow stripe remembers the radiating light of the sun which appeared when concluding the Battle of Carabobo on June 24th, 1821, illu
