Coat of arms of Bolívar State
Bolívar State’s coat of arms has two horizontal fields: blue on top and gold on the bottom. The blue field represents the sky, and the gold field stands for the gold riches of the Guayana region. An arch of eight stars on the blue field recalls the seven provinces that joined in 1811 to declare independence, with the eighth star for the Guayana Province. In the gold field a golden river represents the Orinoco. Rising from the river is the Middle Rock, where an Indigenous woman sits with her left arm resting on a clay vessel, pouring water into the river to symbolize the river’s endless flow.
Beside the shield, on the left behind it, is a caduceus for commerce, and on the right is a pickaxe for work and mining. Above the shield, on a silver background, is a radiant triangle with an eye, representing Providence guarding the state. Olive branches surround the coat of arms. At the bottom a golden ribbon bears three dates: center 5 July 1811 (Independence), left 15 February 1819 (Congress of Angostura), and right 16 December 1863 (Guayana’s incorporation into the Federal Republic).
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