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Canchungo (Guinea Bissau)

Last modified: 2016-06-18 by antónio martins
Keywords: canchungo | palms: 5 | pitchers | jars | coat of arms: bordure | coat of arms: per saltire | teixeira pinto |
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  • Canchungo, in the English Wikipedia
    reported by António Martins, 18 Jun 2016

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Presentation

Canchungo is the seat of its namesake sector, one of the six of Cachéu Region. It was was officially known as Teixeira Pinto until 1975. I could not find any data about its current flag use.
António Martins, 18 Jun 2016

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Portuguese era municipal flag

Canchungo former flag
image by António Martins, 18 Jun 2016

Teixeira Pinto was granted a Portuguese-style municipal coat of arms and flag in the 1960s. In Wikimedia Commons, where the quartered background of the flag was clumsily “cleaned up”, uploader Emerson states that this flag «may be still in use». Based on what I know of Portuguese former colonies’ municipal flags, I’d say that is highly unlikely.
António Martins, 18 Jun 2016

The flag was quartered (town rank) yellow and red with the coat of arms on the center.
António Martins, 18 Jun 2016

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Detail of the arms

Canchungo former flag
image by António Martins, 18 Jun 2016

The arms were Azure five palm trees Or set per saltire and on a bordure Or four pitchers Gules and four jars of the Same; mural crown Argent with four visible towers (town rank) and white scroll reading «VILA DE TEIXEIRA PINTO» in black capitals.
António Martins, 18 Jun 2016

These arms can be seen, scanned from [lgh66], at the HotW website and in the Wikimedia Commons.
António Martins, 18 Jun 2016


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