Flag of Salta the coat of arms of the province, the traditional colors of the poncho of Salta (similar to the "Infernales" led by Martín Miguel de Güemes) arranged in a horizontal band representing the 23 departments by stars like the gaucho spur called the "Nazarene". The flag of Salta was established by Law No. 6946 in 1996, after the contest that called for designs was won by the students in the 7th "A" School Nicolás Avellaneda. Flag of Salta October 8 marks the day of the flag of Salta, Argentina, in recognition of the creation of the province in 1814, when Gervasio
Salta–Antofagasta railway ("train to the clouds"), running between Salta and La Polvorilla. Nowadays, apart from some suburban trains running from Salta to Campo Quijano, the "Tren a las Nubes" is the only passenger train serving the line, after the cancellation of the "Tren Mixto" Salta-Socompa, that once linked Socompa with Tucumán and Buenos Aires (Retiro Station), via Córdoba and Rosario. The Chilean part of the line, also served only by freight trains, was the site of a proposed commuter rail line on the route running through Antofagasta. Salta–Antofagasta railway The Salta–Antofagasta railway, also named Huaytiquina, is a non-electrified single track railway line