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2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 19 Sep 2007
It is a quite typical portuguese municipal flag,
with the coat of arms centered on a plain
yellow background. This flag and arms were adopted and published in the
official journal Diário do Governo
: I Série in 1931.10.08.
António Martins, 19 Sep 2007
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The arms are Gules a lamb passant Or and on the chief a bunch of grapes
between two bees all of the Same and on a bordure Argent barrulets wavy Azure.
Mural crown argent with four visible towers (town
rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case letters "Vila de
Mação".
António Martins, 19 Sep 2007
On the bordure, seven azure fesses are in use, as depicted, while the law
prescribes six.
António Martins, 01 Jun 2006
Plain (monocoloured) Portuguese subnational flags are not allowed to have variations without arms: plain flags always carry the coat of arms.
Jorge Candeias, 18 July 1999
Mação municipality had 8442 inhabitants in 2001, and it consists
of six communes, covering 400,83 km². It is part of
Santarém District, traditional province
Beira Baixa, 1999 ref. adm. region
Estremadura e Ribatejo, pre-2002 C.C.R. / NUTS II
Lisboa e Vale do Tejo, current C.C.R. / NUTS II Alentejo,
and NUTS III Lezíria do Tejo.
António Martins, 19 Sep 2007
When spelled without the competent diacriticals, "Mação"
becomes "Macao", which is the pre-1911 Portuguese spelling (and current
English spelling) of an unrelated former portuguese
municipality; the fantastic notion that a part of a territory located
7000 km away from mainland Portugal was administred as a municipality
within one of the 18 districts stems from this.
António Martins, 19 Sep 2007
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