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![[Cuba municipal flag]](../images/p/pt-cub.gif)
2:3, image by António Martins-Tuválkin and Sérgio Horta, 26 April 2025
It is a typical Portuguese municipal flag with the coat of arms centred on a field quartered of yellow and purple.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 19 July 1999
![[Cuba municipality plain]](../images/p/pt-cub0.gif)
2:3 image by António Martins-Tuválkin, 1 Apr 2010
![[Cuba municipality CoA]](../images/p/pt-cub).gif)
image by António Martins-Tuválkin and Sérgio Horta, 26 Apr 2025
Shield Vert four wheat ears Or and an olive branch Vert flowered Argent,
all tied by a ribbon Gules and flanked by two grape bunches Purple leafed Or.
Meaning:
The number of wheat ears is representing the four communes of Cuba.
Source: Ralf Hartemink´s webpage
António Martins-Tuválkin, 19 July 1999
Published in Diário da Govêrno: I Série on 16 April 1938, see here
António Martins-Tuválkin, 26 Apr 2025
Cuba municipality had 5360 inhabitants in 1990, and it is divided in 4 communes, covering 171 km². It belongs to the Beja District and to the old province of Baixo Alentejo.
The curious toponymical identity with the caribbean country of the same name is motive of countless jokes, especially since Alentejo is traditionally a region of communist majority. "Cuba" means in fact "tub", and the variant "cuva" also exists; this is also
the etymology for the other Cuba’s name.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 19 July 1999
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