![[San Javier municipal flag]](../images/a/ar-n-sj2.gif)
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image by Ivan Sache, 4 June 2019The municipality of San Javier (8,500
inhabitants in 2001; 5,900 ha) is located 130 km of Posadas, on the border with
Brazil, here river Uruguay. The Brazilian border town located across the river
is called
Porto Xavier.
Originally founded on 3 December 1629 by the
Society of Jesus, as the San Javier mission, the settlement disappeared after
the expelling of the Jesuits by Charles III in 1767. The town was
re-established, under the same name, in 1877, and subsequently boomed due to
sugarcane cultivation.
The flag of San Javier is prescribed in the
Municipal Constitution, adopted by Resolution No. 1, issued on 18 February 2019
by the Municipal Council and published on 26 February 2019 in the Supplement to
the Official Bulletin, No. 14,875, 2-211.
Article 5.
The official
symbols of the municipality of San Javier are:
[...]
3. The official flag
created by Matías Sena, via a public contest and a subsequent plebiscite
initiated in 2016 by the Constituent Commission, whose image and description are
detailed in Annex I Chapter III.
Annex I Chapter III
Description and
meaning of the flag
Red represents the historical path of the Jesuit
times; the red color of the missionary land features the step-by-step mark of
the pioneers who refunded the municipality. This red path is also the horizon'
dividing line and the reflection of San Javier in river Uruguay.
The Jesuit
cross reflects the town's Jesuit-Guaraní identity.
Celestial blue represents
river Uruguay and the pure and crystalline groundwater, characteristic of the
municipality.
Green represents the hills and the sugarcane plantations.
The flag of San Javier reflects the spirit of growth from the Jesuit times to
now; the first steps of the town were set up by the Jesuit Guaraní mission
founded in 1629. This was the start of a broad path used by the missionaries
and, subsequently by the immigrants, natives and creoles who composed the group
of pioneers formed in 1877.
This path was always bordered by river Uruguay.
Its water refresh the hill slopes, the beautiful landscapes and the sugarcane
plantations typical of San Javier, which fade into the horizon.
https://www.electoralmisiones.gov.ar/images/cartasorganicas/Carta-Organica-San-Javier.pdf
Municipal Constitution
The flag was selected among three proposals in
a public vote organized from 21 to 25 May 2018. Proposal No. 19 obtained 965
votes. Its designer, Matias Sena studied at Primary School No. 603. The flag was
expected to be inaugurated on 20 June 2018.
The two contender designs
were proposals No. 27 and No. 24.
![[San Javier municipal flag proposal]](../images/a/ar-n!s1.gif)
image by Ivan Sache, 4 June 2019
Proposal No. 27 is red with a green rectangle trapezoid in the upper part, separated from the red field by a white fimbriation. The white Jesuit cross is placed in lower fly, inscribed in a blue disk. Green represents the forest and plants. Red represents the land. The cross represents Monk's Hill - a sacred place -, the sky and freshwater.
![[San Javier municipal flag proposal]](../images/a/ar-n!s2.gif)
image by Ivan Sache, 4 June 2019
Proposal
No. 24 is green with a blue trapezoid and a red strip on top. The trapezoid
is charged with a sugarcane plant inscribed in a white-green disk. Green
represents the forest and the exuberant plants. Blue represents river
Uruguay. Sugarcane is San Javier's main production.
http://www.lamisiondigital.com/san-javier-ya-tiene-bandera-y-sera-enarbolada-por-primera-vez-en-acto-del-20-de-junio/
La Misión, 26 May 2018
http://www.lamisiondigital.com/tres-banderas-son-las-finalistas-del-concurso-una-bandera-para-san-javier/
La Misión, 14 May 2018
Ivan Sache, 4 June 2019
