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image by António Martins, 19 Apr 2006
The flag of the Region of Lambayeque in Peru is presented
on line.
Designer of the flag is José Ibáñez Castañeda.
Valentin Poposki, 23 Feb 2006
Lambayeque is the name of a river (aka Chancay), of a region, of a province,
of a district, of a town and of a pre-Hispanic culture (aka Sicán).
The Lambayeque Region (1,112,868 inhabitants in 2007; 14,231 sq. km), located in
north-western, coastal Peru, was founded on 1 December 1874. It is made of the
three Provinces of Chiclayo (20 districts), Ferreñafe (6 districts) and
Lambayeque (12 districts); the regional capital is the town of Chiclayo (574,408
inhabitants in 2007).
The flag of the Lambayeque Region, designed by José Ibáñez Castañeda, is
horizontally divided yellow-red - the colours of the Lambayeque culture - with
the regional shield in the middle.
The shield of the Lambayeque Region is divided into three quarters:
- The upper quarter shows on a background argent a torch, surmounted by the Latin
motto "LUCIS GLORIAM ET HONORIS", representing the modern honour and
intellectual values;
- The lower left quarter shows five blue waves on a background argent,
representing the resources of the sea and power;
- The lower right quarter shows an American carob tree (Prosopis pallida
(Humb. & Bonpl. ex Wild.) Kunth) proper on a background or, representing the
natural resources.
The shield is hold by a masked and costumed character, maybe alluding to the
"diablada" traditional dance.
Source:
Regional website, symbols' page
Ivan Sache, 29 May 2010
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image by António Martins, 19 Apr 2006
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by Jaume Olle, 29 August 2016
This photo is of the regional flag of Lambayeque, red-yellow-blue with arms
in the yellow stripe. These were the colors of the flag of the region about
1992, reported in fact as blue-yellow-red (possibly a mistake due to hoisting
upside-down) that I believe stand for the three provinces: Lambayeque (red),
Chiclayo (light blue) and Ferreñafe (yellow). In Huaca del Oro, Batán Grande,
were discovered in 1953 some old pictures showing them red, yellow and blue.
Also the three colors can be for courage (red), wisdom (blue) and instinct
(yellow).
Lambayeque was part of the region of northeastern Marañon. From
1992 the CTARs were established instead of regions and it seems that Lambayeque
then adopted this tricolored flag; the new flag was adopted not before 2003 and
surely not later than 2007.
This image came from Facebook. As Facebook
deletes the meta dates of all photos posted I don't know when this photo was
taken. In Peru when three flags are hoisted, at the left is the local flag, in
the center the state flag, and at the right the provincial or regional flag. The
photo was taken in Pitipo; it can't be the provincial (Ferreñafe) flag because
that is monocolored and well known, so it must be the regional flag. I speculate
with two possibilities:
a) This photo is about 2005 (when the regional
bicolored flag was adopted) or before, with the old regional flag still in use.
b) This photo is from the last few years, and Lambayeque has changed flag (less
probable).
Jaume Olle, 29 August 2016
