Back--------------------------------------------------------The Flag of Misiones

Then of yoyr victory in Guayabos, José Artigas, in your general barracks in january 13 of 1815, raised and made swear by your soldiers a flag with three colors, disposing that the same se levante in the others free towns. It him will be trasmiting at the governor of Corrientes, José Silva, by your deputy Blás Basualdo. Silva, the day 30, it informed at Basualdo haber quedado enterado of the voluntad of the eastern chief of that se fije the flag with three colors, white, blue and reed.
the significado of the colours of this federals flags called of the freedom, was the white simbol of ours distinction and greatness, the blue of our decision by the Republic and the reed by the blood scattered for sostein our freedom and independence.
The flag of Misiones constitute, the same that the vocación federalist, a legacy that endured in the time; of this was reconocida like the official flag of the province, by the Decree 32612, in february 13 of 1992 and the later sanction of the provincial law 3102.

DECREE Nº 32612 OF FEBRUARY OF 1992

ARTICLE 1º:- MUST HAVE by Official flag of the Province of Misiones, at the pavilion Blue, Reed and White. the order of the colours mentioned will be, respecting the tradition and use that already himself make emblem. The Reed in the superior part, the blue in middle and the white in the part inferior. The location will be transversal.-
ARTICLE 2º:-The Flag of Misiones, will be mandatorily raised in the officials establishments dependents of the Government of the Province and will be laid always at the left of the Argentine Flag.-
ARTICLE 3º:-Your use will be obligatory in all official act, acompañado always of the National Flag, and alls the officials vehicles, propiety of the Province of Misiones, will carry, aloft of the Escudo of the Province, the colours of our Regional emblem.-
ARTICLE 4º:-BESIDES will be obligatory your use in alls the school establishments, and of the same way that the student of more high average have the honor of carry the Argentine Flag, the student that sea nominated by yours classmates like the BEST COMPANION will be honored like CARRIER of the Historic Flag of Misiones, by the order and validity of the heartfelt of solidarity that symbolize.-
ARTICLE 5º:-WILL COUNTERSIGN the present Decree the mister Ministers of Goverment and of Culture and Education .-
ARTICLE 6º:-WILL REGISTER, WILL COMMUNICATE, and will publicize.
take knowledge the Ministries and Secretariats of States. Autarchic entities and Descentralizad, Autoridaties of the Legislative Power and of the Judicial Power .
will communicate at the autorities of the educative area.
Accomplished, WILL FILE

The Escudo of Misiones

The escudo is the emblem and official stamp of the Province and symbolize with yours symbols the essentials atributes of the historic, politics, economic and social personality, is say, yours characters propers and prominents.
Present in the central oval, divided in two parts, in the superior place the batons of the misioneros natives, symbol of the civil autority of mayors, lobbieds and guaranies chiefs of the jesuitic periods (1609-1768), hispanic (1768-1810) and Argentinean (1810-1830), cross the arc the arrow of the indian, owner of the solar.
In the same place is observe the American Sun, that with your light gave origin at the nations of the continent in your great heroic deed emancipative that Misiones embraced courageously a june 18 of 1810.
In the part of under, the cover the design of the water falls of the Iguazú, marvel of America and atraction of the mondial tourism, that give fama at this land and reveal with your beauties the naturals privileges that the sorround.
In the border and laid sideways, manifesting two bunchs of yerba mate, that is the mather plant of the production, the industry and thel work of Misiones and that in that border appearing writed, in your superior part "Province of" and in your inferior part "Misiones". The Escudo was created by decree-law of the federal interventor doctor César Napoleón Ayrault in december 30 of 1959.