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![[Sabugal (town) municipality]](../images/p/pt-sbg0.gif)
image by Sérgio Horta, 28 Nov 2006
Surely the flag was changed in 2004.12.09, when Sabugal was promoted to city rank. The town flag wass a quite typical Portuguese municipal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain white background.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 28 Nov 2006
The current coat of arms are gules a castle argent between two Black Elder trees vert fruited argent erradicated vert under a pair of keys or set in saltire and on a campaign wavy argent a fess wavy azure. Mural crown argent with five visible towers (city rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case letters "CIDADE DO SABUGAL". The previous arms differed slightly from the current: gules issuant from a campaign terry charged with a fess wavy sprinkled azure a castle argent between two Black Elder trees vert fruited or under a pair of keys or set in saltire. Mural crown argent with four visible towers (town rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case letters "VILA DO SABUGAL".
António Martins-Tuválkin, 28 Nov 2006
Meaning:
The previous arms were adopted and published in the official journal _Diário do Governo : II Série_ in 1964.03.13. The Black Elders are canting, as "sabugal" is Portuguese for "elderwood".
António Martins-Tuválkin, 28 Nov 2006
Plain (monocoloured) portuguese subnational flags are not allowed to have variations without arms: plain flags always carry the coat of arms.
Jorge Candeias, 18 Jul 1999
Sabugal municipality had 14 871 inhabitants in 2001, and it is divided in 31 communes, covering 826,7 km². It belongs to: Guarda District District, traditional province Beira Alta, C.C.R./NUT2 and 1999 ref. adm. region Centro.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 28 Nov 2006
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