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Municipality of El Guijo (Córdoba Province, Andalusia, Spain)

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Introduction
Description

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Introduction

The municipality of El Guijo (408 inhabitants in 2008; 6,728 ha) is located in the valley of Los Pedroches, 100 km north of Córdoba, on the borders with Extremadura and Castile-La Manca.

El Guijo emerged in the 14th century as a hamlet of Pedroche. All the villages of the valley were granted to the Marquis of El Carpio in the late 16th century and retroceded to the Kingdom of Spain in 1747.

Source: Municipal website

Ivan Sache, 04 Aug 2009

Description

The flag and local arms of El Guijo were approved by the Municipal Council on 18 February 2004 and submitted to the General Directorate of Local Administration, which confirmed them by Decree on 14 April 2004, published in the Andalusian official gazette (Boletín Oficial de la Junta de Andalucía, BOJA) No. 82 on 28 April 2004.

The relevant parts of the Decree are the following:

Coat of arms: Quarterly per saltire, 1. and 3. Or a bull sable, 2. Or three fesses azure, and 4. Gules a castle or. The shield surmounted with the Royal Spanish Crown or.

Flag: Rectangular panel, with proportions 2:3, vertically divided in two parts: the first closer to the hoist, blue, twice higher than longer, the second yellow; the latter stripe charged in the center with the crowned coat of arms of the "villa" of El Guijo.

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. 82, p. 10,215-10,216, 28 Apr 2004

Ivan Sache, 04 Aug 2009

Coat of Arms

According to the municipal website, the adoption process of the new coat of arms started in 2002, to replace the previous one that had never been officially approved. The coat of arms is based on the arms of the Marquisate of La Guardia, "Per pale, 1. Or three fesses azure (Mesía), 2. Gules a castle or (Carillo), a border checky azure and argent (Toledo)." The two quarters charged with a bull represents cattle breeding, the main source of income of the village.

Source: Municipal website

Ivan Sache, 04 Aug 2009