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The municipality of Los Altos (205 inhabitants in 2009; 13,985 ha) is located in the northwest of Burgos Province, 60 km of Burgos. The municipality is made of the villages of Ahedo del Butrón (27 inh.), Cubillo del Butrón (8 inh.), Dobro (capital, 64 inh.), Escóbados de Abajo (31 inh.), Escóbados de Arriba (13 inh.), Huidobro (5 inh.), Pesadas de Burgos (22 inh.), Porquera del Butrón (20 inh.), Quintanilla-Colina (6 inh.), Tubilleja (9 inh.), Tudanca, Villaescusa del Butrón (7 inh.), and Villalta (deserted since 1957).
Ivan Sache, 13 January 2011
The flag and arms of Los Altos are prescribed by a Decree adopted on 27 October 2002 by the Municipal Council, signed on 28 October 2002 by the Mayor, and published on 17 March 2003 in the official gazette of Castile and León, No. 52, pp. 3,942-3,943 (text).
The symbols are described as follows:
Flag: Quadrangular panel, with proportions 1:1, vertically divided into three equal parts. The central part, red with the municipal coat of arms in the middle, the two other parts white with four blue wavy horizontal stripes.
Coat of arms: Per pale, 1. Gules a dolmen argent over waves argent and azure, 2. Or, a tree proper eradicated terraced vert and surrounded by two wolves sable and two cauldrons sable a bordure demitiated dexter or five potato plants vert sinister or five saltires gules. [Crown not mentioned]
Ivan Sache, 13 January 2011