Flag of Cagayan

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Cagayan
Flag of Cagayan.svg
Use State flag FIAV normal.svg FIAV 010000.svg
Proportion1:2
AdoptedMarch 11, 1970
DesignThree horizontal stripes of blue (top), gold (middle) and green (bottom). The coat-of-arms of Cagayan, surrounded by a ring of 29 stars is placed off-center, toward the hoist.

The flag of Cagayan is the provincial flag of Cagayan, Philippines. It is a horizontal triband of blue, gold and green, charged with the provincial coat-of-arms ringed by 29 white, five-pointed stars. It was adopted on March 11, 1970 by the virtue of Provincial Board Resolution No. 319. [1]

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Cagayan is one of the few Philippine provinces to have a distinctly-designed flag, deviating from the standard flag design of the provincial seal on a colored field. The flag has a proportion of 1:2, the same as the flag of the Philippines.

Symbolism

The colors of the flag has the following symbolisms: [1]

The 29 white, five-pointed stars ringing the coat-of-arms represent the 29 component city and municipalities comprising the province. [1]

The coat-of-arms has the following symbolisms: [1]

Specifications

Provincial seal of Cagayan. Ph seal cagayan.png
Provincial seal of Cagayan.

The length of the flag is twice its width, and the horizontal stripes are of equal size. [1]

The coat-of-arms (shield) is drawn in black outline, and placed off-centered towards the hoist of the flag. [1] The shield's height is approximately 1 and 1/4 the width of any of the stripes [1] (or 5/12 of the flag width). The shield's width is calculated to be at 5/14 of the flag width (or 5/28 of the flag length), given that the specification for the width-to-height ratio of the shield is set at 6:7. [1]

The position of the shield in the flag is determined by first measuring two shield widths (5/7 of the flag width, or 5/14 of the flag length) from the edge of the fly, and then centering the shield in the remainder of the field. [1] The exact horizontal position of the center of the shield is therefore at the point measuring 9/28 of the flag length from the hoist. The shield abuts the blue stripe, straddles the gold stripe, and extends into the green stripe.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Arts and Culture - Emblems - Provincial Flag". Provincial Government of Cagayan. Archived from the original on 21 March 2013. Retrieved 2 July 2015.