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It is a quite typical portuguese municipal flag,
with the coat of arms centered on a plain
yellow background. Flag and arms adopted and published in the official
journal Diário do Governo : II
Série in 1946.10.24.
António Martins, 19 Dec 2006
The arms are gules seven arrows or pointing downwards and tied argent and
in chief a goshawk proper in flight holding an
escutcheon azure charged with five plates set per saltire. Mural crown argent
with five visible towers (city rank) and white
scroll reading in black upper case letters "PONTA
DELGADA".
António Martins, 19 Dec 2006
The arms show the attributes of St. Sebastian (just like, e.g.,
colonial Mozambique), the municipal patron.
António Martins, 19 Dec 2006
The city of Ponta Delgada was born out of the village of São
Sebastião, which nowadays constitutes the city’s core
Freguesia (it is also known as Freguesia da Matriz, for that
reason). That may explain why the city’s coat of arms displays the
traditional St. Sebastian parafernalia.
Miguel de Faria e Castro, 06 Feb 2007
Plain (monocolored) portuguese subnational flags are
not allowed to have armless
variations: plain flags always carry the coat of arms.
Jorge Candeias, 18 Jul 1999
Ponta Delgada municipality had 65 718 inhabitants in 2001, and it is
divided in 24 communes, covering 231,9 km². It is part of:
Azores Autonomous Region, former Ponta Delgada
District, traditional province, NUTS I, NUTS II and NUTS III Açores.
"Ponta delgada" means "thin tip", refering to a local cape.
António Martins, 19 Dec 2006
The flag of Clube Desportivo de Santa Clara, with a logo almost identical
to that of Benfica, of whom this club is a “filial”.
António Martins, 23 Jul 1999
Ogival shield with “Portugal ancien”
on double fimbriated red cross on white.
António Martins, 23 Jul 1999
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