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![[Numão commune flag]](../images/p/pt-vlfnu.gif)
2:3, image by Sérgio Horta, 17 May 2010
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a field quartered of yellow and red.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 17 May 2010
![[Numão commune CoA]](../images/p/pt-vlfnu).gif)
image by Sérgio Horta, 17 May 2010
Shield Argent, a hand proper, on dexter chief a towered tower Purpure masoned Or with port and windows Or, on sinister chief a bunch of grapes Gules leafed Vert. Mural crown Argent with four visible towers (town rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case letters "NUMÃO".
Meaning:
While "numão" has no evident meaning in current Portuguese, "mão" means "hand" and the arms may thus be canting for that, as a pun or not. The official blazon calls for red grapes (and that is how this colour can be used on the flag), but Sérgio Horta uses purple.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 17 May 2010
Published in Diário da República: III Série on 27 November 1996
António Martins-Tuválkin, 17 May 2010
Numão is one of the 12 communes of Vila Nova de Foz Côa Municipality not affected by the 2013 changes; it had 311 inhabitants in 2001 and covers 22,87 km².
António Martins-Tuválkin, 17 May 2010
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