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![[Mourão commune]](../images/p/pt-moumo.gif)
2:3 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 19 Feb 2015
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain yellow field.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 19 Feb 2015
Shield Azure, a base wavy Argent semy of wavlets Azure, in centre a chimney of a local building Argent, lined Sable with windows Sable, in chief a Maltese cross Argent flanked by two eagles affronty statant Argent, each one set upon a latch Or. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black initials: "FREGUESIA DE MOURÃO".
Meaning:
The cross is alluding to the Order of St. John in Malta.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 19 Feb 2015
Published in Diário da República: III Série on 7 August 1991
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 19 Feb 2015
Mourão Commune is one of the three communes of Mourão Municipality (q.v.); it had 1768 inhabitants in 2011 and covers 135.18 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 19 Feb 2015
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