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Flag of Dalías, as seen on 24 September 2012 at the Town Hall - Image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 18 October 2012
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The municipality of Dalías (3,972 inhabitants in 2013; 14,400 ha; municipal website) is located in the centre of the Campo de Dalías plain, between the sea and the Gádor mountains 40 km west of Almería.
The municipality of Dalías was established by Royal Decree No. 2,251 of 30 June 1982, seceding from El Ejido.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 18 October 2012
The (unofficial) flag of Dalías is in proportions 2:3, white, with the coat of arms is in the middle, having nearly the total height of the panel.
The coat of arms of Dalías is prescribed by Decree No. 351, adopted in 1959 and confirmed by a Decree adopted on 30 November 2004 by the Government of Andalusia and published on 20 December 2004 in the official gazette of Andalusia, No. 246, pp. 28,986-29,002 (text).
The coat of arms is described as follows:
Coat of arms: Gules a pre-Roman boat sailing on waves argent and azure cantonned dexter by a yoke and a bundle of arrows all or.
The shield is surrounded by a scroll or inscribed with "CIUDAD DE
DALÍAS" in letters gules. The ship has a sail argent and a mast sable topped with a pennant gules.
The boat represents the legend of the Queen of Halías, founder of the town, who disembarked in Balerma and followed a watercourse up to the source of Celín.
[Símbolos de las Entidades Locales de Andalucía. Almería (PDF file)]
Klaus-Michael Schneider & Ivan Sache, 18 October 2012