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Subdivisions of La Rioja Province (Argentina)

Departamentos de La Rioja

Subdivisions of La Rioja Province:

Angel Vicente Peñaloza Departament
Arauco Department
Capital Department (Ciudad de Todos los Santos de la Nueva Rioja)
Castro Barros Department
Chamical Department
Chilecito Department
Coronel Felipe Varela Department
Famatina Department
General Belgrano Department
General Juan Facundo Quiroga Department
General Lamadrid Department
General Ortíz de Campo Department
General San Martín Department
Independencia Departament
Rosario Vera Peñaloza Department
Sanagasta Department
San Blas de los Sauces Department
Vinchina Department

See also:

Other sites:

Interactive map of La Rioja departments at the official government website www.larioja.gov.ar with links to municipal websites
Reported by Francisco Gregoric 05 Feb, 2006

Capital Department

Departamento Capital (Ciudad de Todos los Santos de la Nueva Rioja)

9:14

by Francisco Gregoric, 05 Feb 2006

At http://www.municipiolarioja.gov.ar/escudo_bandera_municipal.html we can find information about the flag and emblem of the municipality Todos los Santos de La Nueva Rioja in the province of La Rioja. At http://www.municipiolarioja.gov.ar/bandera_lar.html, there’s more information about the flag (in Spanish). There we can read that it has not been officially adopted but this should happen during the next constitutional convention (no date quoted).
Pascal Gross, 08 Jan 2002

According to information provided by the municipal government, all the flags made are 0.90 m wide × 1.40 m long. This is the same ratio than Argentine Ceremonial Indoors Flags 9:14.

The coat of arms in the flag is the official symbol of the City of La Rioja. It was created by municipal decree No.372 on December 24, 1941.

It has a Spanish heraldic shape. Inside it and above the Velazco Hills that are located next to La Rioja City. Then the silhouette of the city appears. There is an Argentine ribbon that appears as a sash. The cross stands for the Christian faith, and the "falucho" hat recalls the old municipalities. The golden key recalls the traditional "cities keys" of ancient cities,
Francisco Gregoric, 05 Feb 2006

Source:

[???02] Francisco Gregoric (2002): Banderas de Ciudades Argentinas : Ciudad de La Rioja [published in Estandarte No. 38]

Chamical Department

Departamento Chamical

by Olivier Touzeau, 18 Oct 2005

Source: http://www.larioja.gov.ar/municipios/mu-cha/mcha.htm

No more details about the flag, which is obviously inspired from the provincial flag of La Rioja.
Olivier Touzeau, 18 Oct 2005