General Taboada Department, Santiago del Estero Province, Argentina (original) (raw)

The municipality of A�atuya (20,261 inhabitants in 2001) is the capital of the General Taboada Department, located in the east of theSantiago del Estero Province.

The A�atuya Diocese was created on 10 April 1961 by Pope John XXIII and approved by the Argentine government on 18 September 1961 (Decree- Law No. 8328).

A�atuya might soon adopt a flag. During the session of the Municipal Council held on 14 April 2011, the Officialist group of councillors tabled a proposal of Decree prescribing the creation of a flag and arms for the town. The proposal was written by Ram�n Vargas, who recalled that the first Organic Chart of the municipality, issued in 1994, provisioned for the adoption of municipal symbols by the Municipal Council; the provision was dropped in 2007 from the revised Organic Chart, which in no way can prevent the Municipal Council to adopt the symbols.

The (proposed) coat of arms, symbolizing the municipal autonomy, is made of a shield in "Norman style", following the national and provincial traditions, whose upper angles spiral to the center of the shield. It is divided into two quarters, the quarter in chief sky blue representing the national colors and the other quarter sea blue representing the clothing of the railways workers, the railway being at the origin of the municipal territory. The center of the shield is white [therefore, the shield is horizontally divided sky blue-white- sea blue], symbolizing intelligence and purity, charged with a federal, eight-pointed star made of eight lozenges issuant from the center, expressing the Argentinean federalism and of bright red color. The star is outlined in white and black; together with red, these colors symbolize the ceramics of the native cultures in their diverse components: Mercedes, Sunchit�yoj and Aver�as. The star is charged with the traditional representation of a skunk, elegant and proud, in Aroldo Su�rez' Inca lines, of Indo-American golden color. The lower quarter is sea blue, the color of the clothing of the railways workers, crossed by a river made of a wavy line argent, representing river Salado (cachi mayu) supplying life, wealth and fertility. The outer ornaments are made, on the right, of branch of cotton with bolls and, on the left, of a branch of flowering alfalfa, forming an open crown vert and tied up under the shield by a bright red ribbon with a golden fringe representing autonomy. On the scroll, three original Inca inscriptions, "AMA SUA, AMA LLULLA, AMA QUEYA" (Neither thief nor liar, not lazy either).

The (proposed) flag is shown as based on the Argentinean national flag, in the middle a white rectangle outlined in yellow and black and charged with the star and skunk from the coat of arms. On the right of the rectangle, a broad sea blue panel separated from the sky blue stripes by thin white stripes.

Ivan Sache, 06 May 2011

The flag of the Municipality of Los Jur�es in the Department of General Taboada is red with the emblem centered, the name arched over the emblem, the slogan above in a scripted font, and the name of an official (mayor?) at the bottom.