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Azinhaga Commune (Portugal)

Freguesia da Azinhaga, Concelho da Golegã, Distrito de Santarém

Last modified: 2014-08-01 by klaus-michael schneider
Keywords: azinhaga | bend sinister(wavy) | wheat(ear) | hat |
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[Azinhaga commune] 2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 29 Dec 2007
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About the Flag

It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a blue and white quartered (town rank) background.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 28 Dec 2007

Coat of arms

[Azinhaga commune CoA] image by Sérgio Horta, 28 Dec 2007

The arms are Or on a bend sinister Azure wavy charged with a bendlet sinister wavy Argen tbetween three wheat ears Vert tied Gules and a typical bullman's hat Vert brimmed Gules. Mural crown Argent with four visible towers (town rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case letters."AZINHAGA".
Meaning:
The bend refers to the local river Almonda, the wheat to the local importance of wheat growing and the hat to bull breeding for bullfighting. I forgot to add that "azinhaga" is Portuguese for "hill path" or "wood path" (a loan word from Arabic). This semantics does not show on the arms.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 28 Dec 2007

Flag and arms adopted and published in the official journal Diário da República: III Série in 1995.04.28.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 28 Dec 2007

Presentation of Azinhaga

Azinhaga Commune is one of the three communes of the Golegã Municipality (q.v.). It had 1817 inhabitants in 2001 and covers 38,04 km².
António Martins-Tuválkin, 28 Dec 2007

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