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It is a fairily typical portuguese municipal flag,
with the coat of arms centered on plain
green background. Flag and arms adopted and published in the official
journal Diário do Governo : II
Série in 1952.07.30, an unusually late date.
António Martins, 14 Sep 2007
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The arms are Argent issuant from a mound Vert three crosses Sable, the
central one higher, and on the chief a goshawk proper holding an escutcheon
Azure charged with five plates Argent set in saltire. Mural crown argent with
four visible towers (town rank) and white scroll
reading in black upper case letters "Santa Cruz das Flores".
António Martins, 14 Sep 2007
"Santa cruz das flores" means "holy cross of the flowers", the
latter being also the name of the island where the
municipality is located; since the hill on the arms is blazoned as a golgotha
(«um calvário»), the arms are partly canting. Would
these arms bear a campaign wavy wavy so beloved
of Portuguese civic heraldry and these ares would be fully canting.
António Martins, 14 Sep 2007
Plain (monocolored) portuguese subnational flags are
not allowed to have armless
variations: plain flags always carry the coat of arms.
Jorge Candeias, 18 Jul 1999
Santa Cruz das Flores municipality had 2927 inhabitants in 2001 and
consists of 4 communes covering 72,11 km², taking up the
northern half of the Flores Island. It is part
of Azores Region (also a NUTS II and traditional
province), former Horta District.
António Martins, 14 Sep 2007
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