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image by Jaume Ollé, 19 May 2000
Flag of city and department of Lima
(coat of arms is not always used).
Jan-Patrick Fischer, 15 March 2001
In our archives there are two Lima flags, the city proper, and the
Metropolitan city flag, this last one a vertical
copperish banner that might looks like a deep burned yellow. The city
flag resembles a yellow-tan.
Blas Delgado Ortiz, 03 July 2002
According to
Peru.21,
18 January 2006, the celebration of the 471st anniversary of the Spanish
foundation of Lima by Francisco Pizarro shall include an allegoric parade,
flag hoisting, official sessions and a mass celebrated in the Basilical
Cathedral.Flags will be hoisted by the local municipal authorities on the
Parade Ground (Plaza de Armas). The Mayor of Lima, Luis Castañeda
Lossio, will hoist the national flag; Regidor
Walter Menchola will hoist lo propio with the city pennant (I
don’t understand what “lo propio” is) and Regidora
Marcia Montero will hoist the same with the Tahuantinsuyo
banner.
Ivan Sache, 20 January 2006
There is an important source from the official government of the city of
Lima in which they describe the origin of the coat of arms and the flag, located
here.
Esteban Rivera, 12 January 2008
This book, Orígen de los símbolos patrios by Marcos Garfias Dávila is about Peruvian national symbols
(about the flag p.27-56); it doesn’t seem to give
any relevant information about the Lima city flag or arms, apart from a b/w
depiction on the cover, which matches more or less Jaume’s images about
the overall design and Miguel’s in the relative lengths of the star arms
on the shield.
António Martins, 13 January 2008
The past president of the Chesapeake Bay Flag
Association, whose name escapes my mind at the moment, displayed an
eight-striped rainbow flag before a meeting last
year which he purchased in Peru. It was specifically pointed out that it was
different than the Gay Pride flag. He claimed it to be
the flag of Lima.
Steve Kramer, 23 March 1998
Absoltely wrong. I received some weeks ago several photos and written
information from the Alcalde (Mayor) of Lima: the city flag (and also
the municipal council of Lima) is not multicolored, but
monocolored dark yellow, with shield. That flag of eight stripes is a quishwa
aymara flag, the flag of the Inca.
Jaume Ollé, 21, 23 and 24 March 1998
This is likely to be a misattribution, confusing Lima for
Cusco, which indeed has a rainbow flag, even if
with seven, not eight stripes.
António Martins, 23 June 2010
image
by Jaume Ollé, 19 May 2000
I suspect that exist two banners: one for the city
and other for the province or metropolitan municipality. The Lima government
posted me some months ago several photos with Lima city flag and Lima province
banner, and common arms. They don’t mention a banner for the city (neither
a flag for the province) but is frequently in Latin America. The Lima city flag
is more clear (dark yellow or light ochre) that the provincial banner (redish
ochre). The banner of Lima city must be then dark yellow or light ochre.
Jaume Ollé, 16 August 1999
The banner in which the Lima’s coat of arms is displayed is gold
(yellow), following a very old heraldic use.
Miguel Gómez-Arboccó, 09 August 1999
image
by Miguel Gómez-Arboccó, 09 August 1999
A vertical swallowtail in a colour close to dark yellow with the
greater arms of Lima centered in the solid portion.
Jorge Candeias, 13 August 1999
A wonderful golden flag with the splendid colonial coat of arms that Queen Juana I and King Carlos I gave to the then called Ciudad de los Reyes (City of the Kings). José Luis de Cuenca Orbegoso, Jul 2002
When I visited Lima in April 2002, I saw Lima’s flag of dark yellow
many times. I am not sure they substitute dark yellow for golden flag.
Nozomi Kariyasu, 03 July 2002
image by António Martins, 08 February 2006
A photo showing the flag of the District of Independencia in
Department of Lima is shown
on
its webpage. Yellow flag with district logo in the center, which
bears name above it ;"Municipalidad de Independencia" I suppose?
Valentin Poposki, 05 February 2006
Also
on line, there’s a squezeed but larger image of the logo.
António Martins, 08 February 2006
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images by Daniel
Rentería, 24 February 2024
The flag of Los Olivos was adopted on April 8, 1998 by Council Agreement Nº
040-98/CDLO. It became clear that there was a need for a flag, especially since
a contest was held that year and the year before for the adoption of a municipal
coat of arms and anthem.
It was resolved by the council that the flag
carries the same proportions as the national flag and that the flag carries a
centered coat of arms of Los Olivos centered on a jade green background. The
flag with the current coat of arms has been used from 1998 to 2015 and was
re-adopted in 2019.
Coat of Arms
The coat of arms was
also adopted the same year as the flag, on March 12 it appears. Its creation
came about around the time of Los Olivos's 9th anniversary as a district. In
total, there were 188 entries in the municipal coat of arms contest; many even
came from other parts of Metropolitan Lima. Leonor Álvarez Paria, resident of
Santa Anita District, was recognized as the winner on February 20. The coat of
arms shows urban and landscape growth, a perspective towards the future, and the
progressive push of the people of Los Olivos. The three trees represent growth
and greenery in the gardens and parks of the district, while the city represents
progress. The words "DESARROLLO Y PROGRESO" mean "DEVELOPMENT AND PROGRESS".
Daniel
Rentería, 24 February 2024
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images by Daniel
Rentería, 24 February 2024
However, on January 16, 2015, Council Agreement Nº 005-2015-CDLO took effect.
The Management of Municipal Press and Institutional Image designed this coat of
arms. On January 10, 2019, this decision was reversed and the coat of arms from
the 1997 contest became official again. It appears this coat of arms was not
very popular, as it was seen by many as a waste of money and a political move by
mayor Pedro del Rosario, It should be noted that the coat of arms became
official only 15 days after he took the position and reversed only 10 days after
he left office.
The flag also changed during these years, from 2015 to
2019.
Daniel
Rentería, 24 February 2024
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images by Daniel
Rentería, 26 February 2024
Pueblo Libre has had many recent flag changes. A pattern is quite noticeable with these flag (and official coat of arms) changes: that they come about because of a new administration. The current flag has a white background, current version of the coat of arms, and reads "Municipalidad de Pueblo Libre". This flag was adopted in 2023 around the start of the tenure of mayor Mónica Rossana Tello López.
The current version of the coat of arms was adopted as official in early 2023
by Council Agreement N°003-2023-MPL, although it has seen unofficial use since
2015. Pueblo Libre is recognized as "Villa de Los Libertadores" (Town of the
Liberators) due to the historical figures who lived here that then fought for
Peruvian independence. Gold is considered a symbol of Pueblo Libre's prestige
and beauty, black representing the elegance and modernity of the city.
The upper left portion of the shield displays the former Palacio de la Magdalena
and the upper right portion the Santa María Magdalena parish from the colonial
era. Don José de San Martín, who renamed the town to what it is today, and Simón
Bolívar both appear in the lower portion. These two liberators are above a
laurel wreath. Around the shield is two crowned birds, to give importance to the
fact it is in Lima.
Daniel
Rentería, 26 February 2024
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images by Daniel
Rentería, 26 February 2024
This flag has a maroon field and the coat of arms in white. Below the coat of arms is text reading "Municipalidad de Pueblo Libre". The maroon is a commonly used government color, perhaps the reason this color was used. Adopted at around the start of the tenure of mayor Stephen Yuri Haas del Carpio.
Opinion 002-2015-MPL-CPL/CDSCPV of the Ordinary Commission for Social,
Cultural, Development, and Neighborhood Participation of the Municipal Council
of Pueblo Libre asked for approval of this former version of the coat of arms.
It was then approved by the municipal government. This version is described as
having "earthy" and colonial colors.
Daniel
Rentería, 26 February 2024
image by Daniel
Rentería, 26 February 2024
This flag had a black coat of arms with "Pueblo Libre" below it. The
background was yellow, likely a reminder of the background of the flag of Lima.
Adopted at around the start of the tenure of mayor Jhonel Jorge Leguía Jamis.
Daniel
Rentería, 26 February 2024
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images by Daniel
Rentería, 26 February 2024
The flag during the tenure of mayor Rafael Santos (possibly adopted before) had the municipal coat of arms in black on a yellow background, again probably a reminder of the Lima flag.
Before 2015, the municipal government used a coat of arms which was simply
the lower half of the shield in the current coat of arms. It also had
"MUNICIPALIDAD DISTRITAL DE PUEBLO LIBRE" and "Villa de Los Libertadores"
encircling it.
Daniel
Rentería, 26 February 2024
