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by Juan Colo'n De Jesu's, 7 June 2001
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This city of 89,454 inhabitants was founded in 1745. The flag
of Toa Baja was designed in 1980. The text says that the keys are
of gold and silver, although the image on the site would rather
be light purple. The green half represents the plains of the Toa,
and the golden half stands for the sun shining over the plains.
The keys symbolize San Pedro Apóstol [Apo'stol], Patron Saint of
the town of Toa Baja. They can be seen in a similar layout (and
in relief) on the main altar of the Parish Church of Toa Baja,
San Pedro Apóstol.
Thanh-Tâm Le, 3 Febuary 1999
Toa Baja is in central north Puerto Rico, a few km north of
Toa Alta
Jarig Bakker, 5 Febuary 2000
According to a publication of the MUNICIPALITY OF TOA
BAJA, the official flag of this MUNIPALITY consist of
two(2) vertical bands: the left side is green and the rigth side
is yellow. The green band have two (2) keys one in yellow and the
other in white color. The green band represent the mountains and
the yellow band represent the "Valley of Toa", also
simbolises the rays of the sun. The keys simbolises the Saint or
"Patron" of the City: San Pedro Apostol (Saint Peter
Apostle).
Juan Colo'n De Jesu's, 7 June 2001
by Thanh-Tâm Le, 3 Febuary 1999
Wrong flag based upon lexjuris
site
by Andy Weir, 12 January 2001
Wrong flag based upon pueblos-de-puertorico.com site
(defunct)
The flag at pueblos-de-puertorico.com site (defunct) has
relatively smaller crossed keys than the one sent according to lexjuris
site .
Jarig Bakker, 5 Febuary 2000
by Thanh-Tâm Le, 12 Febuary 2000
A common error in those sites is unknowingly presenting the
flag in left-to-right inversion as in Toa Baja.
Blas Delgado, 6 Febuary 2000
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by Nelson Román, 2 August 2004
The waving stripe represents the Toa River, one of the first
mentioned in the history of Puerto Rico, and in whose shores Juan
Ponce de Leon tried to settle the first population of Puerto
Rico. The definition of the symbols: The keys, crossed in vane,
symbolize San Pedro Apostle, patron of the town. In similar form
they appear in the altar of the Parochial Church San Pedro
Apostle, of Toa Baja. The F and the J, represent Don Fernando II
of Aragón and V of Castile, and his daughter, Doña Juana,
sovereign of Castile and Leon. The handfuls of yucca refer to one
of the main crop of this area, and constitute a symbol of the
Indians who cultivated it, and whose main food was casabe or
bread of yucca. The crown is the traditional municipal standard
whereupon is stamped to the shields of towns, villas and cities.
The sugar cane stems refer to the cultutivation and industry,
that represented the main source of wealth of Toa Baja; the
wealth is represented by gold of the field of the shield.
Source: <www.linktopr.com>
Nelson Román, 2 August 2004