This page is part of © FOTW Flags Of The World website

Catamarca Province (Argentina)

Provincia de Catamarca

Last modified: 2006-08-26 by francisco gregoric
Keywords: catamarca | provincia de catamarca | no flag |
Links: FOTW homepage | search | disclaimer and copyright | write us | mirrors



[No flag]
This province has no flag


See also: Other sites:

No current official provincial flag

Though there is a provincial logo (Sol de Catamarca, the Catamarcan Sun), and an official provincial coat of arms, Catamarca has not adopted any provincial flag.
Jaume Ollé, 14 Aug 2000, translated by António Martins

In 2002, a project of law was presented for the creation of a provincial flag of Catamarca. The author of that project was the justicialist (Peronist) provincial representative Nilda R. Navarro de Pandolfi. However no more news about this project have been heard.
Francisco Gregoric, 03 Aug 2006


Provincial coat of arms

[Province of Catamarca coat of arms]
by Francisco Gregoric, 03 Aug 2006

The provincial coat of arms was created by Law No.934 of June 24, 1922.

It is a red French shaped coat of arms that has inside an ellipse with the classic Argentine coat of arms (sky blue and white with two arms holding a spear with a Phrigian cap).

The Cross over two arrows, stands for the action of the missionaries and the bunch of grapes stands for the Wine industry

The crown and the castle stand for the past rule of Spain over Catamarca territory.

Finally the coat of arms has a raising sun, four Argentine flags and a crown of laurel.
Francisco Gregoric, 03 Aug 2006


Historical flags of Catamarca

There are not absolutely confirmed testimonies of the use of some flags during the 19 Century in Catamarca.
Francisco Gregoric, 03 Aug 2006

Flag of 1815?

[1815 flag of Catamarca]
by Jaume Ollé, 14 Aug 2000

Jorge Hurtado’s collection includes a vertical bicolor of white and blue labelled as Catamarcan flag of 1815.
Jaume Ollé, 14 Aug 2000, translated by António Martins

Federal flag usage?

It is believed that the flag of the Federal League was hoisted in Catamarca in early 1815.
Jaume Ollé, 14 Aug 2000, translated by António Martins

Other sites: