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# Curuzú Cuatiá Department, Corrientes Province, Argentina

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- Cazadores Correntinos
- Curuzú Cuatiá
- Perugorria

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- Corrientes municipalities
- Corrientes
- Argentina

## Cazadores Correntinos

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Municipality of Cazadores Correntinos is located in the Department of Curuzu Cuatia, Corrientes. No further information.
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Valentin Poposki, 17 April 2026

## Curuzú Cuatiá Municipality

7:10 image by Ivan Sache, 7 May 2017

Curuzú Cuatiá (Argentina) is located in Corrientes. Flag adopted 7 April 1988.
J. J. Andersson, 04 Feb 2002

The town of Curuzú Cuatiá (36,390 inhabitants in 2001) is the capital of the Department of Curuzú Cuatiá (42,075 inhabitants in 2001; 8,911 sq. km. It is located in the south of the Province of Corrientes.
Curuzú Cuatiá is a Guarani name, which translates in Spanish as "Posta de Cruz" (The Cross' Post), a name used by the Spanish colonists and the Jesuits. The place was indeed a main road intersection, marked by a big cross surrounded by nine American carob trees, and a significant place of trade and exchange between Lower Paraná, Buenos Aires and Santa Fe.
The increase of the population around the crossroads caused a quarrel on the jurisdiction over the place between the administrations of Corrientes and Yapeyú, that started in 1797 when a chapel was built, attracting even more population.
On 14 November 1810, General Manuel Belgrano, Chief of the North Army, on his way to Paraguay, allocated the jurisdiction to Corrientes. Two days later, he proclaimed the Decree founding the town, arguing that the inhabitants deserved the erection of an independent parish as a reward to their merits, collaboration and service. The Decree fixed the limits of the town and the places where the school, the church and the administrative buildings were to be built. Respecting the local faith, Belgrano granted the name of "Nuestra Señora de Pilar de Curuzú Cuatiá" to the new settlement, which was granted on 9 October 1852 the title of "villa" and on 25 October 1888 the title of "ciudad". "Born with the Fatherland", Curuzú Cuatiá was proclaimed on 4 February 1942 an Historical Place (Decree No. 112.765).
The Municipal Decree prescribing the flag translates as follows:

"When General Manuel Belgrano marched from Santa Fe to the neighborhood of Curuzú Cuatiá and soon to Paraguay in the Paraguay Campaign [September 1810 - March 1811], he decided to give a basic military instruction to the troops recruited on the way. He split them into three "divisions", each of them being allocated a distinctive colour, made of yellow, red and blue fabric purchased in Santa Fe. Stationed at Curuzú Cuatiá, he united the three colours into a single flag, which was blessed there and subsequently lost in Paraguay when the Campaign failed.
The Municipality of Curuzú Cuatiá, by Decree No. 496 of 7 April 1988, decided that this flag (yellow, red and blue) should be the official flag of the town. It shall be hoisted as prescribed in the said Decree."

Ivan Sache, 26 July 2010

1:2 image by Ivan Sache, 7 May 2017

The flag seems to be used in proportions 7:10 and 1:2.

Photos
http://www.diariobicentenario.com.ar/2015/07/curuzu-cuatia-donacion-de-bandera-de.html - 7:10
http://www.curuzu.gov.ar/htdocs/noticias/2011/2011-10/2011-10-05/juegosevita.html - 1:2
Ivan Sache, 7 May 2017

1:2 image by Ivan Sache, 7 May 2017

On 21 September 2016, Mayor Ernesto Lalo Domínguez offered to Daniel Ujhelly, a local athlete competing in an international event in Dubai, a town's flag with the writing "DIRECCIÓN DE DEPORTES / CURUZÚ CUATIÁ / GESTIÓN LALO DOMÍNGUEZ". On his way back, the athlete had the flag blessed by Pope Francis in the Holy See.
Belén Blanco, President of the local Asociación Belgranista, accused the Mayor of desecration of the municipal flag. The fact that the local flag is similar to an historical flag used by Belgrano, the hero of the national independence, may explain the complaint tabled by a cultural society defending Belgrano's heritage.
http://rompecabezasdigital.com.ar/noti/1083-competira-en-dubai-con-la-bandera-de-curuzu
http://corrientesahora.com.ar/entrega-de-bandera-de-curuzu-cuatia
http://rompecabezasdigital.com.ar/noti/1083-competira-en-dubai-con-la-bandera-de-curuzu
http://www.eldiariodecuruzu.com/notix/noticia/53389/1/83/unatletaconlabanderadecuruzuenelvaticano.htm
http://diariolarepublica.com.ar/new/actualidad/2016/10/25/acusan-a-la-gestion-de-dominguez-de-profanar-la-bandera-de-curuzu
Ivan Sache, 7 May 2017

Other sites:

- Curuzú Cuatiá official municipal government
- Curuzú Cuatiá flag information at the municipal government official website
  Reported by i>Ivan Sache, 26 Jul 2010

## Perugorria

image located by Valentin Poposki, 17 April 2026

Municipality of Perugorría is located in the Department of Curuzu Cuatia, Corrientes. Its flag was adopted in 2008.
25.10.2008.
THE FLAG OF PERUGORRÍA
The symbol that would represent Perugorría's pride was entered into a competition, and the design created by Milagros Otaño, a 6th-grade student at School No. 38, and graphically designed by teacher Claudia Araceli Rodriguez, was selected.
HERALDIC MEANINGS
The sun represents the future.
The plow represents the beginning of the colony, the oratory.
The cow's head represents the present, livestock farming.
The book represents the people who wish to progress and learn, surrounded by laurels that symbolize glory.
https://perugorriacorrientes.blogspot.com/2008
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Valentin Poposki, 17 April 2026