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Bissorã is currently the seat of its namesake sector, one of five
in Oio Region, Guinea-Bissau.
António Martins, 14 Jun 2007
I could not find any data about its current flag use.
António Martins, 16 Jun 2016
image by António Martins, 14 Jun 2007
It was a fairly typical portuguese municipal
flag, with the coat of arms centered on yellow and black quarterly
(town rank) background. The arms are Azure a palm tree Or emphasized Sable
with an oar of the Same per bend over all with its paddle downwards and a
rifle of the Same per counterbend over all with its muzzle upwards. Mural
crown argent with four visible towers (town rank) and white scroll
reading in black upper case letters "Vila de Bissorã".
António Martins, 14 Jun 2007
This coat of arms can be seen, scanned from
[lgh66],
at HotW
website, and in the
Wikimedia
Commons. In the later location, 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
This flag was surely taken out of use upon
decolonization in 1974 (though probably not
earlier, inspite of the colonial war waged since 1961 and unilateral
independence proclaimed in 1973, as apparently this town, according to the
Portuguese
Wikipedia, was in Portuguese hands (Companhia de Caçadores
N.º 13) till the end).
António Martins, 14 Jun 2007
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