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I found this flag at
pueblos-de-puertorico.com site (defunct). The five wavy lines on
the flag represent the bay of Guánica and the indiginous
territory of Guania. It reminds of Tábora, maternal aunt of Don
Cristo'bal de Sotomayor. The fortress of Caprón is on the
mountainpeak overlooking the bay of Guánica. Guánica was
founded 13 March 1914; it is a port in southwest Puerto Rico with
20,509 inh. See also Lexjuris site.
Jarig Bakker, 1 Febuary 2000
Guánica (maybe from the indigenous word "guanía",
that possibly means gold-rich waters) - Five alternating wavy
stripes, three blue and two yellow, starting with blue the upper
one, its symbolism as follows:
1. the bay of Guánica, from a fragment of the official Coat of
Arms of Guánica.
2. the indigenous territory of Guainía, a name undoubtedly
related with Guánica's and that Fernando Fernández Oviedo, in
his "General History of the Indies", says it means that
several gold-rich rivers ran through the region.
3. the Tábora, maternal last name of Don Cristóbal de Sotomayor
given to the town by the founder of the bay of Guánica,
since among the blazons assigned to the Tábora lineage, of
Portuguese origin, ranges one that the heraldist Santos Taveira
described as follows: "In golden field, five undulating
bands in blue". (It seems that the original shield had this
arrangement, instead of the actual three blue bands).
4. Fort Caprón over the top of the same mountain bordering the
bay of Guánica, with an elevation of 140 meters (450 feet) over
the Caribbean Sea, dominates almost all the Municipality of
Guánica and a great maritime extension. It acts like a silent
watch-tower over the bay quiet waters where several cultures and
races that have shaped the Puerto Rican people have entered
through time. (The United States troops entered Puerto Rico
through this bay on 25 July 1898 at the Spain-American war).
5. the final embroidery job of the first Official Flag of
Guánica was a work of Mrs. Olivia Toro de García and the design
of Fort Caprón was a work of Mr. Héctor Luis Zapata.
Blas Delgado, 14 April 2001
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by Nelson L. Román, 9 July 2004
From <www.linktopr.com>:
"Shield divided in four quarters. In the superior right
side, it has a "bohio" (hut) under a crown that
represents Cacique Agüeybaná, whose yucayeque (indian
territory) was in this region. In the superior left quarter, a
lion representing Juan Ponce de León. The checkered strips over
a silver-plated background in the inferior right side represent
the shields of Don Cristóbal de Sotomayor, founder of the town
of Tavara, the actual location of Guánica. The waved stripes
represent the bay of this town. The branches surrounding the
shield represent the sugar cane industry that was very important
in this region."
Nelson L. Román, 9 July 2004
