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Municipality of Benitagla (Almería Province, Andalusia, Spain)

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Introduction
Description

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Introduction

The municipality of Benitagla (94 inhabitants in 2008; 700 ha) is located in the Sierra de los Filabres, 65 km north-east of Almería.

In the Morisco period, Benitaglia had 60 inhabitants, all Moriscos. After the Alpujarra Wars and the expelling of the Moriscos, the resettlement of the village was organized in 1572 by the Resettlement Administration of the Royal Chancelry of Granada. Its isolated location, far from the lord's manor and its lack of lands allowed only six colonists to resettle the village.

Source: Municipal website

Ivan Sache, 21 Jul 2009

Description

The flag and arms of Benitagla were approved by the Municipal Council on 21 November 2004 and submitted on 16 December 2004 to the General Directorate of Local Administration, which confirmed them by Decree on 11 January 2005, published in the Andalusian official gazette (Boletín Oficial de la Junta de Andalucía, BOJA) No. 16 on 25 January 2005.

The relevant parts of the Decree are the following:

Coat of arms: Spanish shield. Sable, three mounts argent issuant from the base, the central higher, charged with a castle flanked on each side of a crescent surmounted by a scallop, all gules, in chief six eight-pointed stars or, three in each canton.The shield surmounted with a Royal Spanish crown closed.

Flag: Panel in proportions 2/3: quarterly: 1and 4. Black with three yellow eight-pointed stars placed two and one; 2. and 3. White with a red castle.

The symbols should be registered on the Andalusian Register of Local Entities, with their official written description and graphics (as originally submitted, but unfortunately not appended to the Decree).

Source: BOJA No. 16, pp. 22-23, 25 Jan 2005

Ivan Sache, 21 Jul 2009