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Subdivisions of Entre Ríos province (Argentina)

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Subdivisions of Entre Ríos province: See also:

Municipality of Concordia

Concordia flag
image by António Martins, 08 Dec 2004

The cloth of the same one is divided in two horizontal fields with the colors of the arms of Between Rivers; green and red. (gules and sinople). This partimento is emphasized by a figure in strip form two-color pencil (white and yellow) that it symbolizes that is to say: from the case and towards the center, a cross doing reference to ours more remote original antecededentes of jesuítico character; from the center towards the slope, a lance of tacuara with red fastenings, mentions of our federal references. In the place of honor of the cloth a circular figure of conception containing the following elements:

  • the river, Uruguay like telluric element;
  • One rolls dentated, symbol of the might and the progress and an implicit reference of Represa de Salto Grande.
  • a palm, typical element of the region, in an historical symbolic rescue of the original shield of lost Concord in a fire before the first centenary;
  • the horizon appeared in waved form, mentions of the typical geographic feature in the region (Blade of Montiel);
  • a rising sun, symbol really, Majesty, freedom and benevolence.
Sinople: represented heráldico color in painting by the green one and the engraving by parallel oblique lines to which it goes from the right corner of the head to the left one of the end. Gules: expressed heráldico red color in red painting by the alive one and the engraving by very thick vertical lines.
Dov Gutterman, 03 Mar 2002,
translating from http://www.concordia.com.ar/Concordia/simbolos.htm

Municipality of Victoria

Victoria flag
image by Ivan Sache, 02 Dec 2008

"Victoria al Día" announced on 20 September 2008 the launching of a competition for a municipal flag. Asimilar competition organized by the previous municipal administration was unsuccessful because of the low numbers of proposals.
Ivan Sache, 30 Sep 2008

According to "Victoria al Día", 23 November 2008, the competition jury has elected the winning design among 60 proposals.
The jury made the final choice among three proposals, two of them portraying Mount La Matanza, also used on the municipal coat of arms. The winning design is mostly olive green and the winner's names should be announced this week. "Victoria al Día" knows that the flag was designed jointly by a man named Wálter Auer and a woman.
Ivan Sache, 25 Nov 2008

In "Diario Victoria", 1 December 2008, Octavio Raffo presents the new municipal flag of Victoria, designed by Walter Auer, graphic designer, and Melina Albornoz, Profressor of Visual Arts. The flag is green with yellow symbols: a cross standing on a hillock, surmonting a tree, the whole surrounded by a nearly complete ring and four right angles in the corners of the flag.

The articles explains the flag as follows:

    "Green is the essential colour of natural environment, representing harmony, growth, exuberance, fertility and freshness. It holds a strong emotional relation with safety, suggesting stability and resistance and symbolizing growth and hope.

    Yellow evokes the sun light, synonym of honour, loyalty, intelligence and determination, and also of joy, happiness and energy. It represents enthusiasm, attraction, creativity, excitement, spirit and stimulus. It generates a feeling of prestige, wiseness, clarity of the mind and wealth.

    The cross, used as the central symbol, recalls the strong relation of Victoria with religion. The foundation date of the settlement is the first mass served in the Matanza shrine.

    The ombú*, with its thick roots, recalls our strong link to our customs and identity. Its dense foliage is a call to stop and enjoy under its shadow, a caracteristic of our town.

    The central curve recalls the local topography, whose hills and mounds form a unique and picturesque landscape.

    The rising sun, with its warmth, triggers the growth and development of the inhabitants of the town.

    The angles shown in the corners represent the cardinal points, symbolizing the evolution and expansion of the town."
* The ombú (_Phytolacca dioica_ L.), an evergreen herb native from the Pampas of South America, is one of the symbols of the Gaucho culture.
Ivan Sache, 02 Dec 2008

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