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![[Beja municipality]](../images/p/pt-bja.gif)
2:3 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 17 Oct 2014
It is a fairly typical Portuguese municipal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a field gyronny of eight of red and black (city rank).
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 17 Oct 2014
![[ municipality CoA]](../images/p/pt-bja).gif)
image by Sérgio Horta, 18 July 1999
The coat of arms is typical: 5-towered mural crown above a shield above a scroll reading "CIDADE DE BEJA". The shield is golden with the Portuguese quinas in chief flanked by two black eagles, a proper bull’s head in the centre and a red castle below with silver doors and windows.
Meaning:
The red castle represents the local castle, especially the red colour is symbolizing wars and victories. The bull's head is symbolizing natural riches and especially the production of beef. The eagles are symbolizing the Roman rule. In those times the city was known as "Pax Julia". The quinas are symbolizing, that the city always belonged to the Portuguese crown after the requonquest from the moors.
Jorge Candeias and Sérgio Horta, 18 July 1999
![[Beja municipality 1998]](../images/p/pt-bja4.gif)
2:3 image by Jorge Candeias, 11 Oct 1998
The flag is an unusual flag because, despite the status of city, Beja uses a quartered flag, typical of towns, with a city's coat of arms in the centre.
Jorge Candeias, 11 Oct 1998
![[Beja municipality plain]](../images/p/pt-bja0.gif)
2:3 image by António Martins-Tuválkin, Apr 2010
Flag and arms adopted and published in Diário do Governo : I Série on 4 Apr 1938
Sérgio Horta 11 Oct 1998
Beja is a district capital. The city is placed in inland southern Portugal. Used to be the capital of the province of Baixo Alentejo. The municipality is quite large and sparsely populated, as typically happens in Alentejo: 1140.2 km² and only 33 600 inhabitants dispersed in 18 communes. The economy is diverse, based in services in the head of the municipality and agriculture elsewhere. Amongst the district capitals, this is one of the poorest.
Jorge Candeias, 11 Oct 1998
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