Flag of Los Altos
Use | National flag and ensign |
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Proportion | 3:5 |
The flag of Los Altos was a modification of the Central American Union, with a central seal showing a volcano in the background with a quetzal (a local bird symbolizing liberty) in front.[1] Los Altos ("The Highlands" in the Spanish language) was a state in the Federal Republic of Central America in the 1830s. Its capital was Quetzaltenango and it occupied the west of present-day Guatemala and parts of the Mexican state of Chiapas. This was the first Central American flag to use the quetzal as a symbol; since 1871, it has been on the present flag of Guatemala.
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- ^ "Bandera de Guatemala". www.deguate.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-09-24.
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