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Juan F. Ibarra Department, Santiago del Estero Province, Argentina

Suncho Corral

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Suncho Corral Municipality

image located by Valentin Poposki, 4 September 2024

The flag of the Municipality of Suncho Corral in Department of Juan F. Ibarra is described at https://heraldicaargentina.blogspot.com/2019/02/escudo-de-suncho-corral-santiago-del.html.

"The colour green: at the base of the flag there is a green field, symbolising the agricultural character of our town and the surrounding area, which since 1600 has sown wheat and ground its grains to make bread; later the area incorporated the cultivation of alfalfa.

The light blue color: the light blue wedges represent the Salado River, the reason for the existence and subsistence of Suncho Corral. It is represented as a wedge because that is the important characteristic of the river that runs in a box for approximately 8 kilometers (...), a property that has made it a water reservoir since the beginning of the Parish of Matará. (...)

The red color: represents the red quebracho. Studies say that 75% of the construction of the railroad in Santiago del Estero came from the Matará department (...)

The Inca Sun: highlights our belonging to the Inca Empire, to the southern part of the empire. The Inca passed through Suncho Corral on his way to Soconcho where there was a “royal settlement”. (...) It also pays homage to the native owner of the land.

The white color: is purity and with the light blue they mark our belonging to the Argentine Nation.

The black of the bar where the green field rests is a symbol of the constant and permanent coal mining activity in Suncho Corral.

The flag has the colors of the immigration currents from Italy, Spain, Syria and Lebanon, which contributed culture to shape our idiosyncrasy.

The Cross of Matará: the presence of the Catechist Cross of the Good Jesus of Matará on our flag symbolizes our attachment to the Catholic faith and belonging to the Parish of Matará. (...) The Parish was the most important in the province since it was from here that the new evangelization of the country began, precisely with the Cross of Matará."

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Valentin Poposki, 4 September 2024

Coat of arms

image located by Valentin Poposki, 4 September 2024

Source: https://heraldicaargentina.blogspot.com

The constituent elements of the Suncho Corral shield correspond to what Suncho Corral essentially is. It presents the central idea of PORTAL; [this] is due to the fact that it has always been a reference to the entrance to the unknown, to the impenetrable virgin mountains mentioned under the name of Gran Chaco. Suncho Corral in times of confrontation with the aborigines was one of the forts of Salado, created by Governor Manuel Taboada, which guarded the borders of the Province.

The portal is represented by the gate that frames the shield. In the upper part, reinforcing the frame, are the railroad tracks, since it was the railroad that gave impetus to the development of the country and therefore to the area.

In the body, three triangular fields can be seen, the right one subdivided.

The left field in blue represents the sea with a ship. It is the sign of the immigration currents that populated Suncho Corral.

The central triangle presents the light blue of the water of the Salado with a jar typical of the native culture (Sunchituyoj) and contains life inside: fish that for centuries were food for generations.

The Incan Sun and the Cross of Matará, identity referents, [which represent] the Incan Empire and the Catholic faith, precisely with the oldest relic in the country as a pedagogical element of evangelization.

The right triangular field has two elements of the essential work of the area: forestry activity, symbolized by the axe, and agricultural work, by the plow. The field presents the colors of the activity, hence the subdivision. Green for agriculture and red for forestry.