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![[Samouco commune]](../images/p/pt-achsm.gif) 2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 21 Feb 2008
2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 21 Feb 2008 
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain blue field.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 21 Feb 2008  
![[Samouco commune CoA]](../images/p/pt-achsm).gif) image by Sérgio Horta, 21 Feb 2008
image by Sérgio Horta, 21 Feb 2008  
The arms are Or a barrel Gules ringed Argent between two seahorses Vert respectant, in chief a lire Purpure, in base a bar wavy Azure charged with a barrulet wavy Argent. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (commune rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case letters "SAMOUCO — ALCOCHETE". 
António Martins-Tuválkin, 21 Feb 2008  
Published in Diário da República: III Série on 10 July 1996
António Martins-Tuválkin, 21 Feb 2008 
Samouco Commune is one of the three communes of Alcochete Municipality (q.v.); it had 3143 inhabitants in 2011 and covers 4.8 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 19 Apr 2015  
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