| Flag of Salta Province | |
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| Adopted | June 5th 1997 |
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| Designed by | Students of Nicolás Avellaneda School of Salta |
| Proportions | (unknown) |
The flag of Salta Province is the flag of the Argentine province of Salta.
Symbolism[]
The chosen design has the symbolic elements that appeared most times among the others proposals presented: the provincial coat of arms, the poncho of Salta, and a symbolic representation of the departments. The flag has the color of the poncho of Salta: Burgundy (dark red). The field is of five horizontal stripes, from top to bottom, Burgundy, black, Burgundy, black and Burgundy. This way of distributing the black and burgundy stripes resembles the traditional poncho used in the province of Salta. The elements are: a light blue ellipse with a golden border. At the middle of the ellipse, a six pointed silver star with a yellow 32 rays sun at the center of that star. Around the ellipse, 23 smaller golden stars of similar design representing the 23 departments of the province.