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A typical portuguese municipal flag, with the
coat of arms centered on a background quarterly
(town rank) of yellow and
black. Arms and flag approved by law and published in the official journal
Diário do Governo, II
Série of 1972.07.27.
António Martins, 05 Sep 2006
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The coat of arms is azure issuant from a counterchief wavy argent and vert
a lateen rigged caravel sable lined and roped or with sails argent each charged
with a cross patty gules voided, on a chief or a
goshawk displayed gules between two escutcheons azure each charged with five
plates. Mural crown argent with four visible towers
(town rank) and white scroll reading in black
upper case letters "VELAS".
António Martins, 05 Sep 2006
The gashawk has the usual meaning and the sail
ship is canting: "velas" = "sails".
António Martins, 05 Sep 2006
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
Velas Municipality municipality consists of the NW half of
São Jorge (St. George) island. It had 5585
inhabitants in 2000, and it is divided in 6 communes, covering
117,4 km². It belongs to the Azores
Autonomous Region and the traditional province of Azores, it was also part of
the former Angra do Heroismo District.
António Martins, 05 Sep 2006
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