Medellín Flag

The flag of Medellín, Colombia, is a bicolor banner of two equal horizontal stripes: white above and green below, often displayed with the city's coat of arms at the center. The colors are shared with the flag of Antioquia, the department of which Medellín is the capital.

The simple white-and-green layout is a key civic symbol, flown alongside the Colombian national flag on official buildings and ubiquitous during the city's festivals, such as the Feria de las Flores.

The white stripe symbolizes purity, integrity and peace, virtues associated with the city's aspirations. The green stripe represents hope and the fertility of the Aburrá Valley and the Antioquian mountains, whose flower farms give Medellín its nickname, the City of Eternal Spring.

The palette deliberately mirrors the white-and-green flag of the department of Antioquia, expressing the deep regional identity of the Paisa people.

Medellín's civic colors derive from those of the department of Antioquia, whose white-and-green flag became the region's emblem in the 20th century. The city adopted the same bicolor for its own banner, typically differenced by the addition of the municipal coat of arms at the center, which depicts a crowned tower granted in the colonial era.