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Subdivisions of Tierra del Fuego province (Argentina)

Subdivisions of La Rioja province:

Malvinas department

See also:

Malvinas department

The Falkland islands, in the southern Atlantic Ocean, as well as its dependency South Georgia, have been ruled by the United Kingdom since 1832. In April-June 1982, Argentina invaded the islands, which were briefly occupied and reconquered by England. The defeat speeded up the return of a democratic government in Argentina.

Argentina has since then maintained its territorial claims on the Islas Malvinas (this name comes from the French name, îles Malouines, which refers to Saint-Malo, whose inhabitants are called malouins) and the Islas del Atlántico Sur.

Ivan Sache, 19 Jun 2004

Misreported Malvinas flag

by António Martins, 21 Dec 1999

Three equal horizontal stripes of dark blue - red - celeste, with the map of islands in yellow or golden in the red part. This flag was reported by Banderas [ban], and is not sure that was a “provincial” flag, but perhaps an “military zone” flag.
Jaume Ollé, 26 Sep 1998, 02 Oct 1998, 25 Dec 1999 and 01 Jan 2000

This was later identified as a british (not argentine!!) military flag (Falkland triservice flag?).
António Martins, 20 Jul 2001