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![[Santa Bárbara (Vila do Porto) commune flag]](../images/p/pt-vptsb.gif)
2:3, image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 5 Sep 2024
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a field quartered of blue and white.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 5 Sep 2024
Shield Argent cotised Azure and Argent, on base a tower Gules with port and windows Or, on chief a goshawk Azure. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case serifed letters "SANTA BÁRBARA — VILA DO PORTO".
Meaning:
The goshawk (Portuguese: açor) is symbol and name giver of the archipelago. The tower is an attribute of St. Barbara, patron saint and name giver of the commune.
Source: Hiperglobal webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 5 Sep 2024
Published in Diário da República: II Série on 29 March 2012
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 5 Sep 2024
Santa Bárbara is one of the five communes of Vila do Porto Municipality; it had 405 inhabitants in 2011 and covers 15,42 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 5 Sep 2024
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