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There are just three municipalities in the Argentine Provincia de Tierra del Fuego, Antártida e Islas del
Atlántico Sur. These are: Río Grande, Tolhuin and Ushuaia. These municipalities have coats of arms. There are not any Argentine official
subdivision flags or coat of arms for Antártida (Antarctica) or any of the Atlántico Sur (South Atlantic Islands).
Francisco Gregoric, 22 January 2015
The municipal Constituant Assembly decided that the only municipal
symbol of Río Grande should be the coat of arms actually used and designed
in 1958 by the artist Venus Videla. This shall be the only symbol allowed
on municipal paper. This was decided after a meeting with Carlos
Baldassare, historian and director of the municipal museum "Virginia
Choquintel", Miguel Ãngel Castro, director of the protocole for the
Deliberative Council and Mauricio Turdó, coordinator of protocol
and ceremonies for the municipality of Rio Grande. The meeting was
conveyed by the ARI bloc of the Constituant Assembly in order to amend
the descriptions of the symbols of the municipality in the future
organic chart.
Baldassare explained that the coat of arms was adopted following a contest
organized by the Promotion Commission, which existed before Rio Grande
became a municipality. Regarding the municipal flag [designed in a flag contest in 1995-1996], the members of
the protocole of the Deliberative Council said that its colours and
design "do not represent either the town or its inhabitants"; they were
supported by the member of the Assembly Rosa Weiss Jurado, who said
that there was "only one flag, the National Flag which is the symbol of
our country."
Ivan Sache, 18 October 2006
![[Argentine flag]](../images/a/ar-tf-rg.gif)
image by Daniel Rentería,
13 January 2025
based on photo
located by Valentin
Poposki, 9 July 2024
Orange flag with three flames at the hoist and municipal coat of arms near the
fly.
Source:
https://www.facebook.com/photo
Valentin
Poposki, 9 July 2024
![[Argentine flag]](../images/a/ar-tf-rg).gif)
image located by Valentin
Poposki, 9 July 2024
The coat of arms was designed by Venus Videla in 1995. It depicts the natural
environment (penguins and the boat by the sea), with representations of more
abstract concepts (Phrygian cap for liberty, laurel branch and arrows as symbols
of war and peace, plus the flag-colored ribbon for patriotism).
Daniel
Rentería, 13 January 2025
![[Argentine flag]](../images/a/ar-tf-to.gif)
image located by Valentin
Poposki, 9 July 2024
Orange/cream cross on a white background and municipal emblem (red heart with
TOLHUIN on a green ribbon) in the center.
Source:
https://www.legistdf.gob.ar
Valentin
Poposki, 9 July 2024
![[Argentine flag]](../images/a/ar-tf-to).gif)
image located by Valentin
Poposki, 9 July 2024
![[Argentine flag]](../images/a/ar-tf-us.gif)
image located by Valentin
Poposki, 9 July 2024
White flag with municipal emblem towards hoist and official name in two rows on
the rest of the flag (third photo is a vertical flag version):
Sources:
https://www.google.com/imgres
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php
Valentin
Poposki, 9 July 2024
![[Argentine flag]](../images/a/ar-tf-us).gif)
image located by Valentin
Poposki, 9 July 2024
