Zulia - Venezuela

Zulia the most northwestern state of Venezuela and is the 1st state of population, around 3,7 million people live there. The state almost surrounded Lake Maracaibo only de state of Trujillo has also an small shoreline. The Lake Maracaibo is more an inlet or bay with an small connection with the Caribbean Sea, the entrance is only 5.5 kilometres (3.4 mi) wide at the northern end. Many rivers emptying in Lake Maracaibo and the biggest is Catatumbo, where the river empty an special atmospheric phenomenon. There is a lot of lightning around 140 to 160 days a year, it takes around 10 hours and 280 lightning flashes average per hour. Explorer Alonso de Ojeda discovered Lake Maracaibo on August, 1499 and saw stilt houses with boardwalks on stilts which reminds him of Venice. Therefore he named the area Venezuela and that means "Little Venezuela". Also on this voyage was explorer Amerigo Vespucci after him the America's named after. Long time this part of Venezuela was an backwater until they discovered oil in 1914 and canalized the entrance to Lake Maracaibo. this make Zulia one of the important state of Venezuela. So let's take an look at the flag. 

The flag has two vertical stripes in the color blue and black, with an sun that is overlaid with an thunderbolt. The color blue represented the waters in and around Zulia. The color black represented the oil wealth. The sun symbolize warmth, hospitality, agriculture and mining. The thunderbolt symbolize the creation of culture, art and intellect and to guide the citizens of Zulia. This flag like an superhero logo but it's works for me well.