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The municipality of Macael (6,212 inhabitants in 2008; 4,400 ha) is located in the Sierra de los Filabres 100 km north of Almería.
Macael is nicknamed "The Town of the White Gold" because of its white marble (known as "Blanco Macael"), already used by the Phoenicians to make sarcophagi and mortars, and subsequently used to build to Roman theater of Mérida, the mosque of Córdoba and the Alhambra of Granada, as well as several monasteries, cathedrals and palaces. Macael is still one of the main centers of production of white marble in the world. Macael is the home of the Andalusian Technological Center of Stone (CTAP).
Ivan Sache, 19 Jul 2009
The flag of Macael was approved by the Municipal Council on 27 May 2005 and submitted on 16 June 2005 to the General Directorate of Local Administration, which confirmed it by Decree on 21 June 2005, published in the Andalusian official gazette (Boletín Oficial de la Junta de Andalucía, BOJA) No. 127 on 01 Jul 2005.
The relevant parts of the Decree are the following:
Panel in proportions 2/3: Quarterly; 1. and 4., blue; 2. and 3., white. In the middle the municipal coat of arms.
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. 127, p. 67, 01 Jul 2005
Ivan Sache, 19 Jul 2009
The coat of arms of Macael was approved by the Municipal Council and submitted to the General Directorate of Local Administration on 15 April 2005, which confirmed it by Decree on 22 April 2005, published in the Andalusian official gazette (Boletín Oficial de la Junta de Andalucía, BOJA) No. 87 on 6 May 2005.
The relevant parts of the Decree are the following:
Shield lozengy azure and argent. The shield surmounted with a Royal crown closed.
The coat of arms should be registered on the Andalusian Register of Local Entities, with its official written description and graphics (as originally submitted, but unfortunately not appended to the Decree).
Source: BOJA, No. 87, p. 48, 06 May 2005
The coat of arms, with the very same description, was previously granted by Royal Decree No. 646/1976 of 5 March 1976, published in the Spanish official gazette No. 78 on 31 March 1976 (as reproduced in Hidalguia, 25 (141), March-April 1977, p.195).
Ivan Sache, 09 Aug 2009