Coat of arms of Bolívar State

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The coat of arms of Bolívar State is composed of two fields in blue and gold. The blue color symbolizes the sky. The gold one, the wikt:auriferous riches of the Guayana Region. In the upper part of the blue field and forming an arch, eight stars representing the seven provinces that were considered in 1811 to declare the National Independence and, the eighth star symbolizes the emblem of the Guayana Province.

In the inferior field runs a gold river representing the Orinoco. Coming out of it, a big rock known as the Middle Rock, on top of it an indigenous female is resting her left arm on a clay vessel, pouring water on the river representing the endless flow of the Orinoco river.

To the left of the blue field, a caduceous representing the commerce; and to the right, in the same position, a pickaxe symbolizing work and mining industry. Crowning the coat of arms, with a silver background, a radiant triangle with an eye in the middle, representing the eyesight of the Providence protection the Bolívar State territory.

The olive branches, emblem of peace, border the coat of arms. At the union point of them there's a golden ribbon with the following dates: to the center, 5 July 1811, Declaration of Venezuelan Independence; to the left, 15 February 1819, Installation of the Congress of Angostura; and to the right, 16 December 1863, Incorporation of Guayana to the Federal Republic.[1]