Loja Province (Ecuador)

Last modified: 2002-11-09 by dov gutterman
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by Blas Delgado Ortiz, 27 January 2002

• Overview
• Ceremonial Flag
• Variant (?)
• Previously Reported Two WRONG Flags
• Coat of Arms

See also:

• Ecuador

Cantons:

• Calvas
• Catamayo
• Celica
• Chaguarpamba
• Espindola
• Gonzanama
• Loja
• Macara
• Olmedo
• Paltas
• Pindal
• Puytango
• Quilanga
• Saraguro
• Sozoranga
• Zapotillo

Overview

Loja is a province in south of Ecuador on border with Peru, in Sierra region. The capital is Loja.
Zeljko Heimer, 15 July 1996

Red over yellow over red, and the red and yellow separated by two more little stripes. In the center an arc with ten white stars.
Jaume Olle, 8 September 1996

Flag and CoA could be seen at http://www.explored.com.ec/ecuador/loja.htm .
Jarig Bakker, 26 January 2001

At http://www.cuencanet.com/ecuador/simbolos.htm, the arrangment of the stars is different from Jaume's report.
Dov Gutterman, 15 June 2001

I have 9 stars. Arrangement was slighty changed when a 10th star was added. I dont know the meaning of stars (theres 16 cantons). About the size of the stripes Smith gives 2:2:1:2:2, a Ecuatorian plate 1:1:2:1:1, and Restrepo 2:1:2:1:2. There are contradictory reports because sometimes there is a confusion with cantonal flags of similar name.
Jaume Olle, 17 June 2001

J.J. Andersson reported http://www.explored.com.ec/ecuador/loja.htm. I found two sites with different color shades:
- http://www.lahora.com.ec/loja/portal/paginas/simbolos.htm -representing Loja Canton, a simple flag without stars but with the basic colors of Loja, which can be seen at the link provided by Andersson. (see: Variant (?))
- http://www.ambato.com/ecuador/loja/loja.htm -representing darker shade of blue.
I agree that the dark-blue flag has the right shade of colors and beauty to be the real one, but the previous two links uses the basic colors version instead.
Blas Delgado Ortiz, 27 January 2002

Ceremonial Flag

by Jans Patke, 7 November 2002

At http://www.hcpl.gov.ec/quienesomos.htm  there is the flag for official use of the Loja province (EC). It seems that at several administrative units at latinamerica it is usual, that the heads of the unit use the administrative flag with the full CoA in the flag.
Falko Schmidt, 7 November 2002

Variant (?)

by Blas Delgado Ortiz, 27 January 2002

Previously Reported Two WRONG Flags

by Zeljko Heimer, 15 July 1996 (flag according to W.Smith (insecure) )

by Jaume Olle

Coat of Arms

from http://www.explored.com.ec/ecuador/loja.htm, located by Jarig Bakker, 26 January 2001