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![[Canelones Department flag]](../images/u/uy-ca.gif)
image by Antonio Martins-Tuvalkin, 26 October 2010
The Departmental Board of Canelones (Junta Departamental de Canelones) promoted a contest last year for
changes to the coat of arms and the creation of a flag for the department of
Canelones. Both symbols have already been selected and approved by the JDC and
will be officially presented at the awards ceremony at 20 June 2010.
When the competition for the modification of the coat of arms and the creation of the
flag of Canelones was launched in the first part of 2009, it was determined which
designs were better adapted to the bases and were the most representative of the
department; the flag was approved in 28 April 2010 by the Junta Departamental de Canelones (resolution
3450). The coat of arms chosen by the jury was approved unanimously and the Canarian
flag majority.
Edgardo Taranco, a native of the city of Santa Lucia was the one who won the flag
contest design for the department of Canelones
For the flag, the competition rules stipulated that [the idea of] Canelones as the birthplace of the
first national flag should be reflected in its
creation, and it was also
requested that the ideology of Artigas was represented. Thus, the flag of
Canelones-winning and approved by the Departmental Board - has a white field
with nine blue stripes representing the
first flag and a red stripe running
through the banner, just like the band that crosses the Artigas flag, for would
therefore be a combination of the
first flag with the flag of Artigas.
André Pires Godinho, 25 July 2010
![[arms]](../images/u/uy-ca).gif)
image by Daniel Rentería, 9 November 2025
from https://www.imcanelones.gub.uy/conozca/departamento/simbolos
The coat of arms was adopted at the same time as the flag (announced at an awards ceremony on 18 June 2010), being designed by Leticia Bermúdez, the winners of the contest receiving a 3000 dollar prize. The motive for the change was apparently the fact it was designed during the dictatorship and it was not voted upon. It is a rectangle with a rounded top, having a thin white border. A rectangle reads at the bottom CANELONES in blue. Each element is divided by white. The upper part depicts a yellow sky with the sun setting; the lower part is blue with three waves for the Rio de la Plata, having part of a green circle over it representing the coast. Over it are two ears of wheat for agriculture.
Daniel Rentería, 9 November 2025
![[previous flag]](../images/u/uy-ca2.gif)
image by Daniel Rentería, 9 November 2025
based on
photo from
https://archivo.presidencia.gub.uy
Until around the time of the new flag's announcement at the awards ceremony of 18 June 2010, the department used a flag which was white with the coat of arms in the center. It is likely it was not adopted officially.
Daniel Rentería, 9 November 2025
![[previous arms]](../images/u/uy-ca2).gif)
image by Daniel Rentería, 9 November 2025
based on https://commons.wikimedia.org
The previous coat of arms was adopted in 1977, though the process of adoption is not known. The shield has a red border, reading the motto around it VALOR LABOR PODER [Courage, Work, Power]. The inner section depicts a golden rampant lion over a blue field, referencing the Spanish one as the original settlers came from the Canary Islands. In each corner is an ear of wheat, for the agricultural wealth of the region. Above the shield is a sun referencing nationhood, as found on the national flag. The colors of red, white, and blue reference the flags of the 33 Orientals and Artigas, early independence heroes. Underneath the shield, a ribbon reads CANELONES.
Daniel Rentería, 9 November 2025
