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![[Azambuja municipality]](../images/p/pt-azb.gif)
2:3 image by André Serranho, 12 Aug 1999
It is a fairly typical Portuguese municipal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain green field.
António Martins-Tuválkin,
![[Azambuja municipality CoA]](../images/p/pt-azb).gif)
image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 29 Oct 2010
The coat of arms is argent, a tree (cork oak?) proper (see below) between two fleurs de lis gules (but see bellow). Mural crown Argent with four visible towers (town rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case letters "VILA DE AZAMBUJA".
António Martins-Tuválkin, 12 Aug 1999
Plain (monocoloured) Portuguese subnational flags are not allowed to have variations without arms: plain flags always carry the coat of arms.
Jorge Candeias, 18 July 1999
There are several reported ways to render the «tree proper».
António Martins-Tuválkin, 12 Aug 1999
The fleurs de lis sometimes are rendered in golden
António Martins-Tuválkin, 12 Aug 1999
Azambuja municipality had 19 490 inhabitants in 1990, and it is divided in 9 communes, covering 262 km². It belongs to the Lisboa District and to the old province of Ribatejo.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 12 Aug 1999
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