Cuba Municipality (Portugal)

Concelho de Cuba, Distrito de Beja

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• Cuba Municipality
• Flag
• Version without Coat of Arms
• Coat of Arms
• Presentation of Cuba

See also:
• Cuba Communes
• Portugal

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Cuba Municipality

Flag

It is a typical Portuguese municipal flag with the coat of arms centred on a field quartered of yellow and purple.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 19 July 1999

Version without Coat of Arms

2:3 image by António Martins-Tuválkin, 1 Apr 2010

Coat of Arms

image by António Martins-Tuválkin and Sérgio Horta, 26 Apr 2025

Shield Vert four wheat ears Or and an olive branch Vert flowered Argent, all tied by a ribbon Gules and flanked by two grape bunches Purple leafed Or.
Meaning:
The number of wheat ears is representing the four communes of Cuba.
Source: Ralf Hartemink´s webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 19 July 1999

Published in Diário da Govêrno: I Série on 16 April 1938, see here
António Martins-Tuválkin, 26 Apr 2025

Presentation of Cuba

Cuba municipality had 5360 inhabitants in 1990, and it is divided in 4 communes, covering 171 km². It belongs to the Beja District and to the old province of Baixo Alentejo.
The curious toponymical identity with the caribbean country of the same name is motive of countless jokes, especially since Alentejo is traditionally a region of communist majority. "Cuba" means in fact "tub", and the variant "cuva" also exists; this is also the etymology for the other Cuba’s name.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 19 July 1999

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