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image by Valentin Poposki, 27 December 2023
The Municipality of Coronel Moldes is locate in Department of Rio Cuarto. Its
flag is divided in four triangles blue over green, and two white triangles on
the hoist and on the fly. In the center of the flag is the yellow circle, but
the fields that should be whites are with reddish-brown rays.
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Valentin Poposki, 27 December 2023
image by Ivan Sache, 23 May 2017
The municipality of R�o Cuarto (155,991 inhabitants in 2008, therefore
the 2nd most populous town in the province; 64.25 sq. km) is located
in southern C�rdoba Province, 220 km of C�rdoba. The town is watered
by the river of the same name, also known as Chocancharava.
R�o Cuarto was founded on 11 November 1786, as Concepci�n del R�o
Cuarto (according to the Municipal Constitution, the longer name has
the same official status as the shorter one), by Marquis Rafael de
Sobremonte, Governor of C�rdoba, and granted the title of Royal Town
on 12 April 1797. A peace treaty signed with cacique Carriplum allowed
the town to develop peacefully until 1820.
The Command of the C�rdoba South Border was established in R�o Cuarto
in 1832. The railway station, inaugurated 1875 allowed access to the
ports of Rosario and Buenos Aires, boosting the economic development
of the town.
The R�o Cuarto National College, founded in 1912, was transformed in
1971 into the R�o Cuarto National University.
The flag of R�o Cuarto, designed by Marcelo Babini, is prescribed by
Municipal Ordinance No. 777 of 9 November 2005.
The flag is horizontally divided green-white by a thin wavy blue line
of height 1/13 of the flag's hoist. In canton is placed an historical
livestock brand, in proportions 3:4.
The blue wavy line represents the river and its meanders, the origin
of the town.
The green stripe represents the humid plains, the base of the regional
economy.
The white field represents peace, spirituality, religious feeling, and
life.
The emblem represents the livestock brand of the Command of the
C�rdoba South Border, used in 1820 and preserved in the C�rdoba
Provincial Archives. The brand is canting, being made of letter "R"
and numeral "4" - R�o Cuarto (lit., 4th River) was named so by the
Spanish explorers since it was the fourth river they found in C�rdoba
Province.
The flag was selected in a public contest, among 766 proposals. The
flag was hoisted for the first time on 11 November 2005.
Ivan Sache, 11 Aug 2013