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Caniço Commune (Portugal)

Freguesia de Caniço, Concelho de Santa Cruz, Madeira

Last modified: 2015-07-18 by klaus-michael schneider
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[Caniço commune] 2:3 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 July 2015
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About the Flag

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a field gyronny of yellow and blue.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 July 2015

Coat of arms

Shield Azure, five coronets Proper ordered in quincunx, in base two rice ears Or crossed per saltire. Mural crown Argent with five visible towers (city rank) and white scroll with inscription in black initials: "CANIÇO - SANTA CRUZ".
Source: communal webpage on occasion 5-years-city-status in 2014
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 July 2015

Flag and arms published in the official journal Diário da República: III Série in 2009
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 July 2015

Presentation of Caniço

Caniço Commune is one of the five communes of the Santa Cruz municipality (q.v.); it had 23 368 inhabitants in 2011 and covers 12.0 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 16 July 2015

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