page_title: Monagas
section_title: Flag
hierarchical_section_title: Monagas / State symbols / Flag
context_page_description: Monagas State is one of the 23 states of Venezuela.
  Monagas State covers a total surface area of 28,900 km² and, as of the 2011 census, had a population of 905,443.
  Monagas State is surrounded by Sucre State in the north, Anzoátegui State in the west and south, Bolívar State in the south, Delta Amacuro State in the south and east and the Paria Gulf in the northeast.
  The state is named after the general and president of Venezuela José Tadeo Monagas, native from this state, and his brother and fellow president José Gregorio Monagas, native from the neighbor Anzoátegui State.
  The capital of the state is Maturín.
context_section_description: It was created by Julius Caesar Adrían, on July 10, 2002.
  The meaning of the shapes and colors included in the Flag is as follows:
  Blue sky: It represents the sky.
  Stars: 13 rounded to the image of Joan the Advancer represent the 13 Municipalities and the big star in the center identifies the Capital Municipality.
  Green: Represents the soils, crops, mountains, forests and plains.
  Black: Represents the oil.
  The sun: Represents the aura, life and strength of the people and its seven points symbolize the 7 original districts that gave way to the 13 current municipalities. The black arch inside the sun represents the weapons of our indigenous people. The sun rises in the middle of the central strip (green) and its maximum height reaches the upper edge of the first strip.
  *Sea blue: Represent Delta, Rivers, Lakes and Reservoirs.
  Image: The image of Juana Ramirez La Avanzadora which represents the heroism of the Monaguense woman.
  Daggers: The daggers that cross at the bottom of the image of Juana La Avanzadora represent the brothers José Tadeo Monagas and José Gregorio Monagas, both heroes of the Republic. The stripes occupy 30% of the lower part of the separation between them is half the diameter of each strip.
caption: Flag of Monagas State