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![[No flag]](../misc/_noflag.gif)
This province has no 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
![[Province of Catamarca coat of arms]](../misc/ar)k.gif)
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
There are not absolutely confirmed testimonies of the use of some flags during the 19 Century in Catamarca.
Francisco Gregoric, 03 Aug 2006
![[1815 flag of Catamarca]](../images/a/ar-cat15.gif)
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
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