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# Cruz del Eje Department, Córdoba Province, Argentina

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- Cruz del Eje Municipality
- Las Playas
- Los Chañaritos
- Media Naranja
- Paso Viejo
- Tuclame
- Villa de Soto

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- Córdoba municipalities
- Córdoba
- Argentina

## Cruz del Eje Municipality

image located by Valentin Poposki, 12 April 2026
Source: https://heraldicaargentina.blogspot.com/2022/09/escudo-de-cruz-del-eje-cordoba.html

The municipality of Cruz del Eje (30,680 inhabitants in 2010) is located in the northwest of the Córdoba Province, 150 km from Córdoba City.
Cruz del Eje is of unknown precise origin, its foundation being related by different local legends.
A first legend is related by the poet Ataliva Herrera (1888-1953) in the poem "Bamba" (1933), part 5; the poet describes the single combat between Captain Tristán de Allende and Cacique Olayón, which ended with the simultaneous death of the two fighters. The event, reported in several chronicles kept in the historical archives of the Córdoba Province, was commemorated by the erection of a cross.
The second legend was published under the pseudonym "Namúm Curá" in the newspaper "Los Principios", 6 September 1927. The author relates the sad death of the merchant Tomás lturrilicoechea in a cart accident. The merchant fell down on the head and broke his neck after an axlet ("eje") of his cart had broken down.
According to the historian Juan Carlos Lozada Echenique, the name of the town, undoubtedly, refers to a cross made of cart's axlets. There is no hint, however, on whom may have decided to erect the cross.
The town of Cruz del Eje was not founded from scratch; it was progressively established by descendants of the Spanish colonists who owned estates near Siguiman and San Marcos. Other colonists came from Punilla and another few more from the town of Córdoba.
On 2 September 1735, Francisco de Baigorrí asked to Juan de Armaza y Arregui, Governor of Tucumán, the concession of the lands "commonly known as Cruz del Eje". Judge Estanislao de Toledo Pimentel signed the act of property on 22 September 1735. These are the first documents mentioning Cruz del Eje as a specific territory.
Cruz del Eje is the birth town of the singer Jairo (b. 1949 as Mario Rubén González), performer of more than 500 songs in Spanish, French and Italian.
The Department of Cruz del Eje was established by the Provincial Decree of 15 July 1856, seceding from Punilla. The Department is made of the municipalities of Soto (1888), Serrezuela (1925), San Marcos (1953) and Cruz del Eje (4 June 1890).
The Bishopric of Cruz del Eje was established on 12 August 1963.
The flag of Cruz del Eje is prescribed by Municipal Ordinance No. 1,382 of 2 April 1999.
The flag is horizontally divided olive green-white-sky blue. In the middle of the flag is placed a yellow 12-pointed sun superimposed with a brown map of the department charged with a yellow triangle.
White is the colour of cotton. The yellow triangle represents the location of the town of Cruz del Eje in the department of the same name.
Ivan Sache, 06 January 2014

Other sites:

- The history of Cruz del Eje at the Municipal Government official website
  Reported by Ivan Sache 06 Jan 2014

It is written that the flag was "apparently" officially unveiled in 2012. But the text they show just below says: "This project was submitted to the Deliberative Council by the April 2nd Gaucho Association, and this aspiration was formalized in Ordinance No. 1382/99". Could this refers to 1999 instead of 2012? Or is it only for an initial project?
Jean-Marc Merklin, 12 April 2026

The blogpost at https://heraldicaargentina.blogspot.com/2022/09/escudo-de-cruz-del-eje-cordoba.html, by Alejandro Pomar, unfavorably compares this flag to its respective coat-of-arms, presented above: "Desafortunadamente, la bandera municipal no está a la altura del digno escudo."
It caught my eye, however, that neither the municipal coat of arms nor the municipal flag reflect the superficial meaning of the toponym, which can be translated as "axis cross" (lit., "cross of the axis").
António Martins-Tuválkin, 12 April 2026

## Las Playas

image located by Valentin Poposki, 12 April 2026

The flag was officially unveiled on 02.12.2024.

It is horizontally divided white over dark green by a narrow dark brown band, and in the white field the half sun from the provicnial flag .
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php
Valentin Poposki, 12 April 2026

## Los Chañaritos

image located by Valentin Poposki, 12 April 2026

Commune of Los Chañaritos is located in the Departments of Cruz del Eje and Ischilin, Cordoba. Its flag was adopted in December 2024.
"In November (2024), the "Create the Flag of Los Chañaritos" contest was held. It was an invitation to the community to recognize the values ​​that define us as residents of Los Chañaritos, to investigate our past, to learn more about our natural environment and our potential, and to build connections and conversations about our present and future. The town's flag will be the flag of everyone."
https://www.facebook.com/photo
Valentin Poposki, 12 April 2026

## Media Naranja

image located by Valentin Poposki, 12 April 2026

Commune of Media Naranja was adopted in November 2024.
The chosen design is the creation of Ana Luz Nieto, an 18-year-old programming student and resident of Media Naranja. It was selected from 54 proposals through a rigorous evaluation process.
The jury consisted of Mayor Juan Carbello, renowned Argentine ceremonialist Cristian Baquero Lazcano, Andrea Puglie, a collaborator with the "Our Flag" Program, parish priest Gustavo Orellana, Justice of the Peace Oscar García, Secretary of Government Osvaldo Luna, and Claudia Sobrero, director of the Arturo Capdevila Higher Education Institute.
The flag, chosen after several rounds of voting, features three horizontal stripes and a central sun. It seeks to capture the historical and cultural essence of Media Naranja:
The upper orange band represents the warmth, creativity, and vitality of the town's people, as well as paying homage to characteristic crops such as cotton, olives, garlic, and tomatoes.
The central white stripe symbolizes peace and unity. It honors the historic Church of Our Lady of Luján, the community's spiritual center since 1923.
The lower sky-blue band evokes the protective sky, the Cruz del Eje River, and the pride of Córdoba and Argentina.
The central sun (golden yellow) is inspired by the sun on the flag of Córdoba. It reflects the balance between tradition and progress, with 16 rays symbolizing the hope for a bright future.
A symbol of identity and vision:
The Media Naranja flag not only honors the past of this corner of Córdoba province, but also projects its vision of development and community into the future. In the words of Mayor Juan Carbello: “This flag is the soul of our town; an emblem that carries with it the strength, faith, and hard work of everyone who makes Media Naranja what it is.”
The event, which saw broad participation from residents, marked a milestone in the history of this town, which continues to grow and stand out as a unique place in the heart of Córdoba.
https://cordobainteriorinforma.com/2024/11/21/media-naranja-ya-tiene-su-bandera-propia
Valentin Poposki, 12 April 2026

The upper orange band takes up only one third of the flag area, while "media naranja" means "half orange". This ambiguous phrase has the same polysemy also in the Spanish original, so it’s not fully a canting/punning flag.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 12 April 2026

## Paso Viejo

image located by Valentin Poposki, 12 April 2026

Commune of Paso Viejo is located in the Department of Cruz del Eje, Cordoba. Its flag was unveiled in November 2025.
"Authorities in Paso Viejo unveiled the winning design for the town's future flag on Wednesday. Community President Mauro Tapia reported that the jury selected the proposal submitted by staff from the local police station. The chosen flag symbolizes the identity and unity of the community and will become a source of pride for Paso Viejo.
It features three horizontal stripes of light blue, white, and brown, with a moon in the center."
https://cordobainteriorinforma.com/2025
Valentin Poposki, 12 April 2026

## Tuclame

image located by Valentin Poposki, 12 April 2026

Commune of Tuclame is located in the Department of Cruz del Eje, Cordoba. Its flag was unveiled in November 2025.
"Following a successful citizen participation process, the jury appointed by local authorities selected the new municipal flag of Tuclame. The new flag, which will now represent the town, was chosen from 14 designs submitted by residents and local institutions. It features three horizontal stripes of light blue, green, and maroon, and a blue triangle on one side. The call for submissions to create the Tuclame flag was open to the entire community, with the goal of creating a symbol that reflects the town's history, present, and future, and becomes an emblem of identity and community unity."
https://cordobainteriorinforma.com/2025
Valentin Poposki, 12 April 2026

## Villa de Soto

image located by Valentin Poposki, 12 April 2026

The flag was officially adopted on 05.09.2025.

This historic town in the Cruz del Eje department now has its first official flag, following an open and participatory process. The competition brought the community together in an unprecedented event for the town, receiving 238 graphic proposals submitted in 94 envelopes. This remarkable response made it the most popular municipal flag competition in the entire province of Córdoba, surpassed only by the 2010 provincial flag selection, which garnered 752 proposals. In percentage terms, the number of submissions in Villa de Soto represents an overwhelming record of citizen participation in the creation of a symbol of identity. The process was led pro bono by Professor Dr. Cristian Baquero Lazcano, a national and international expert in the creation of official symbols, and was conducted under a rigorous framework of historical, symbolic, and vexillological research. A diverse jury comprised of the Cruz del Eje departmental legislator, municipal authorities, cultural representatives, teachers, professionals, and local residents participated in the selection process.
A historic day
The selection session took place in the Main Hall of the Villa de Soto Bus Terminal. The jury meticulously analyzed each proposal according to criteria of technical validity, creativity, message, and representativeness. After an initial selection of three finalists, the proposal submitted under the pseudonym “Teo,” by Leila Ivana Gómez, a university graduate in Ceremonial and Protocol (Universidad Siglo XXI), was chosen as the winner by majority vote, obtaining 42 points in the final vote. The corresponding minutes, drawn up on September 5, 2025, establish the official adoption and mandatory use of the flag in all protocol and institutional events, pursuant to Ordinance No. 1391/2024.
The winning proposal was called “Serrano Gold, White Road, and Federal Roots.”
The chosen design synthesizes the historical, cultural, and natural values ​​of Villa de Soto on its flag:
Gold field (upper 2/3): represents the ancient “Fertile Valley” that gave Soto its name; it evokes the mountains, the clay soils, the domes of the San Roque Church, and the municipal motto “History that flows.”
Central white stripe (1/6): symbolizes peace, fresh air, and community organization; it recalls the whitewashed galleries of La Recova, the sands of the La Toma resort, and connects with the flags of Córdoba and Argentina.
Lower red stripe (1/6): alludes to federal memory, the journeys of Facundo Quiroga and “Chacho” Peñaloza; it honors the Henia-Comechingones, for whom red was a color of identity and strength.
Stylized white sun: unites mountains and river; it evokes devotion to San Roque and the procession of August 18; it provides contrast and Legibility, reaffirming the idea of ​​faith and a shared dawn.
As a whole, the emblem combines territory, history, and future prospects; the gold celebrates the valley and its prosperity, the white unites the community, and the red affirms indigenous and federal roots. The sun, located in the center, invokes faith and a shared future.
https://cordobainteriorinforma.com/2025/09/07/villa-de-soto-ya-tiene-su-propia-bandera/
and more photos on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/photo.php
Valentin Poposki, 12 April 2026

image located by Valentin Poposki, 12 April 2026

Previously, the municipality uses unofficial flag that was white with the municipal logo on it, but with additional text "CORDOBA - ARGENTINA", instead the moto "Historia que fluye".
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php
Valentin Poposki, 12 April 2026