- Flag of Los Altos
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Type ="Los Altos" ("The Highlands" in theSpanish language ) was an area ofCentral America , which was added as a sixth state to theFederal Republic of Central America in the 1830s. Its capital wasQuetzaltenango and it occupied the west of present-dayGuatemala and parts of the Mexican state ofChiapas . Theflag of Los Altos was a modification of that of the Central American Union, with a central seal showing avolcano in the background with a quetzal (a local bird symbolizingliberty ) in front. This was the first Central American flag to use the quetzal as a symbol; since 1871, it has been on the presentflag of Guatemala .
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