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![[Flag of Merlo District]](../images/a/ar-b-mr.gif)
image located by Valentin Poposki, 14 March 2026The Partido de Merlo has a population of about 524,207 and sits in the western suburbs of Buenos Aires city.
The district takes its name from Spanish businessman Francisco de Merlo who bought many lands in the region, establishing a big estancia.
In 2017, the Municipality of Merlo decided to create a flag that would
identify the municipality. In March of that year, the Undersecretariat of
Education held the contest "My Flag, Your Flag, Our Flag," asking schools in the
district to submit proposals for the municipal flag. Local residents also
spontaneously submitted their own proposals.
At the close of the
competition, 360 flag proposals were submitted. The proposed designs were put to
a public vote. The ten designs with the most votes were then submitted to a jury
for consideration. The jury was composed, among others, of the Bishop of Merlo -
Moreno, Fernando Maletti, the then president of the Honorable Deliberative
Council, Pablo Rendich, councilors and other representatives of the living
forces of Merlo.
The winning flag was created by illustrator and graphic
artist Eduardo Chaves, a resident of Mariano Acosta.
SYMBOLISM
The flag is divided into two equal dimensions; the upper stripe is white,
revealing peace, simplicity, and nobility, while the lower stripe is green,
representing hope, the land, the fertility of the fields, and the plains of the
district.
The stripes are separated by an Argentine flag. A symbol of
national identity, set against a horizon that emphasizes the difference between
the stripes, and each light blue stripe also represents the railway tracks,
which remain in use to this day.
In the central part, a sun can be seen
setting over a national horizon within an orange semicircle representing a
sunset, implying the area of the party: the West.
In the center of the
sun is the silhouette of the Church of Our Lady of Mercy, which not only appears
in the history of Merlo but also brings the presence of God to the district,
since it is the patron saint of Merlo.
Below it is a cogwheel symbolizing
the productivity of the area and featuring the six Merlo towns: San Antonio de
Padua, Parque San Martín, Mariano Acosta, Pontevedra, Libertad and Merlo.
The glorious laurel wreath envelops everything, implying that everything
must be united.
Source:
https://www.merlo.gob.ar/historia
Valentin Poposki, 14 March 2026