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# Subdivisions of Tierra del Fuego Province (Argentina)

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Subdivisions of Tierra del Fuego Province (About) :

- Río Grande Municipality
- Tolhuin Municipality
- Ushuaia Municipality

See also:

- Tierra del Fuego Province
- Argentina
- Argentine subdivisions (clickable map)

## About Tierra del Fuego Province subdivisions

There are just three municipalities in the Argentine Provincia de Tierra del Fuego, Antártida e Islas del Atlántico Sur. These are: Río Grande, Tolhuin and Ushuaia. These municipalities have coats of arms. There are not any Argentine official subdivision flags or coat of arms for Antártida (Antarctica) or any of the Atlántico Sur (South Atlantic Islands).
Francisco Gregoric, 22 January 2015

## Río Grande Municipality

The municipal Constituant Assembly decided that the only municipal symbol of Río Grande should be the coat of arms actually used and designed in 1958 by the artist Venus Videla. This shall be the only symbol allowed on municipal paper. This was decided after a meeting with Carlos Baldassare, historian and director of the municipal museum "Virginia Choquintel", Miguel Ãngel Castro, director of the protocol for the Deliberative Council and Mauricio Turdó, coordinator of protocol and ceremonies for the municipality of Rio Grande. The meeting was conveyed by the ARI bloc of the Constituant Assembly in order to amend the descriptions of the symbols of the municipality in the future organic chart.
Baldassare explained that the coat of arms was adopted following a contest organized by the Promotion Commission, which existed before Rio Grande became a municipality. Regarding the municipal flag [designed in a flag contest in 1995-1996], the members of the protocole of the Deliberative Council said that its colours and design "do not represent either the town or its inhabitants"; they were supported by the member of the Assembly Rosa Weiss Jurado, who said that there was "only one flag, the National Flag which is the symbol of our country."
Ivan Sache, 18 October 2006

### Unofficial flag

image by Daniel Rentería, 13 January 2025
based on photo located by Valentin Poposki, 9 July 2024

Orange flag with three flames at the hoist and municipal coat of arms near the fly.
Source: https://www.facebook.com/photo
Valentin Poposki, 9 July 2024

### Arms

image located by Valentin Poposki, 9 July 2024

The coat of arms was designed by Venus Videla in 1995. It depicts the natural environment (penguins and the boat by the sea), with representations of more abstract concepts (Phrygian cap for liberty, laurel branch and arrows as symbols of war and peace, plus the flag-colored ribbon for patriotism).
Daniel Rentería, 13 January 2025

## Tolhuin Municipality

### Unofficial flag

image located by Valentin Poposki, 9 July 2024

Orange/cream cross on a white background and municipal emblem (red heart with TOLHUIN on a green ribbon) in the center.
Source: https://www.legistdf.gob.ar
Valentin Poposki, 9 July 2024

### Arms

image located by Valentin Poposki, 9 July 2024

## Ushuaia Municipality

### Unofficial flag

image located by Valentin Poposki, 9 July 2024

White flag with municipal emblem towards hoist and official name in two rows on the rest of the flag (third photo is a vertical flag version):
Sources: https://www.google.com/imgres
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php
Valentin Poposki, 9 July 2024

### Arms

image located by Valentin Poposki, 9 July 2024