Tierra del Fuego - Argentina

Tierra del Fuego is the most southern province of Argentina but it's official name is quite longer namely Tierra del Fuego, Antarctica and the South Atlantic Islands. The only part of this name is govern by Argentina is Tierra del Fuego and some nearby small islands. The Argentinians divided the province in 5 departments and in that case only the 3 are on Tierra del Fuego, namely Ushuaia, Tolhuin and Rio Grande. Argentine Antarctica is one of those many claims of pizza slice shaped part of Antarctica, but all claims are suspended by the Treaty of Antarctica. Fun fact the first human ever born in Antarctica is an Argentinian, born at Esperanza Base in 1978. The last department is an controversial and disputed one, Islas del Atlántico Sur or better known the archipelagos of the Falkland Islands and South Georgia & the South Sandwich Islands. These island groups are govern by the British and Argentina claimed as it own due historical reasons, but that is an story for later. The island Tierra del Fuego itself is shared with Chili who owns the southern part. The British where also interested in Tierra del Fuego and founded the current city of Ushaia in 1869. but Argentina was more serious and become more active in 1880. It's an rocky cold and windy area with good grasslands which is good for sheep, also tourism is booming on the island and cruises to Antarctica. Tierra del Fuego has an population of around 127 thousand and 469 of them live in the disputed Argentinian part of Antarctica. So let's take an look at the flag.

The flag is diagonal divided by an white bird shape, the left is orange and the right is blue with stars. The stars form the constellation Southern Cross to symbolize the location and the early explorers. The blue symbolize the sea and sky, also it's connection with Argentina which flag use that blue too. The orange stands for the geography of Tierra del Fuego and it's also the color of fire, Tierra del Fuego means "Land of Fire". Finally the bird is an albatros which is endemic to the area and symbolize freedom. This flag is modern and pretty nice.