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Municipality of Cájar (Granada Province, Andalusia, Spain)

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Introduction
Description

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Introduction

The municipality of Cájar (4,437 inhabitants in 2008; 200 ha, therefore the smallest municipality in Andalusia and one of the smallest in Spain) is located 9 km south of Granada.

Archeologic remains dated 2500 BC allowed the definition of the "Cájar Culture." Once a Moorish estate ("alquería") where a Moorish noble built a palace, Cuiyar, later renamed Caxar, meant in Arabic "a place where much silk is produced;" the place was indeed planted with some 400 mulberries. Cájar was the site of the Battle of La Zubia, on 18 June 1491, after which Queen Isobel marched against Granada. St. John of God (1495-1550, canonized in 1690) is said to have visited Cájar every week to raise funds for his hospital. The chronicler Henríquez de Jorquera described in 1600 the villagers as wealthy producers of silk, flax and hemp.

Source: Municipal website

Ivan Sache, 02 Aug 2009

Description

The flag and local arms (sic) of Cájar were approved by the Municipal Council on 29 January 2004 and submitted to the General Directorate of Local Administration, which confirmed them by Decree on 17 May 2004, published in the Andalusian official gazette (Boletín Oficial de la Junta de Andalucía, BOJA) No. 117 on 16 June 2004.

The relevant parts of the Decree are the following:

Coat of arms: Shield divided per fess, the upper part divided per pale. 1. Vert a pomegranate or faceted gules. 2. Gules a tower or masoned sable port and windows azure. 3. Argent two fesses wavy azure. The shield surmounted with a Royal crown closed.

Flag: Rectangular flag, in proportions 2:3, made of three equal horizontal stripes, the outer blue and the central white, and a vertical [white] stripe along the hoist with a green pomegranate faceted in red.

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. 117, pp. 13,329-13,330, 16 Jun 2004

Ivan Sache, 02 Aug 2009