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Municipality of Ogíjares (Granada Province, Andalusia, Spain)

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Introduction
Description

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Introduction

The municipality of Ogíjares (12,867 inhabitants in 2008; 700 ha) is located 6 km south of Granada.

Archeological excavations have revealed that the site of Ogíjares was already settled in the Neolithic and the Age of Bronze. The early settlers enjoyed the fertile plain of Granada, watered by river Dílar, while mount San Cristóbal provided a place where to withdraw in case of enemy attack. In the Roman times, the place was know as "Hortum Sacrum," the Sacred Garden, therefore a place of worship for the colonists of neighbouring Granada. After the Muslim conquest, "Hortum Sacrum" was translated into Arabic as "Ortexicar," subsequently shortened to "Oxijar." The Moslims set up two settlements, Lower- and Upper-Oxijar. At the end of the 15th century, the reconquered villages were merged into a single entity named Los Oxijares; most Muslims left and the place was resettled by Christian colonists, who maintained agriculture. Ogíjares grew slowly until the last two decades (from 5,000 inhabitants in the 1980s to more than 10,000 today), with a decline of agriculture.

Source: Municipal website

Ivan Sache, 27 Jun 2009

Description

The flag and arms of Ogíjares were approved by the Municipal Council on 24 November 2008 and submitted on 24 February 2009 to the General Directorate of Local Administration, which confirmed them by Decree on 5 March 2009, published in the Andalusian official gazette (Boletín Oficial de la Junta de Andalucía, BOJA) No. 52 on 17 March 2009.

The relevant parts of the Decree are the following:

Coat of arms. Shield divided per fess. The first part: 1. Or three fesses azure and 2. Argent two crescents contourned vert placed per fess, in base a pomegranate gules leaved vert. The second part: Or an olive tree vert. The shield surmounted by a Royal crown closed.

Flag. Rectangular, with proportions 2:3, divided into three vertical stripes, the width of the central stripe being equal of the sum of the widths of the two other stripes. The first stripe, placed along the hoist, and the third stripe, placed along the fly, are blue; the central stripe, yellow, is charged with 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 apprended to the Decree).

Source: BOJA, No. 52, pp. 58-59, 17 Mar 2009

Images of the symbols of Ogíjares are shown on Wikipedia, credited to "Veggg:" Flag, Coat of arms.

Ivan Sache, 27 Jun 2009