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| | Ecuador coat of arms |
 | | The Ecuador coat of arms, as described in a decree issued by the National Congress on November 7th, 1900, is as follows:An oval shield, containing the sun towards the top, in that section of the zodiac whose signs correspond to the months of March, April, May, and June. |
 | | 3) The 27th September 1830, the Constituent Congress meeting at Riobamba designed the arms of Ecuador thus: "the arms of Colombia will be used, a light blue field with a sun in the equinox over the phases and a scroll 'El Ecuador en Colombia'". |
 | | 5) A decree was passed during the third mandate of General Flores, stating that "the [coat of] arms of the Republic will have a rectangular chief and a elliptical base. |
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