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![[Terras de Bouro municipality]](../images/p/pt-tbr.gif)
2:3 image by Sérgio Horta, 27 Nov 1999
It is a fairly typical Portuguese municipal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain green field.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 30 Nov 1998
![[Terras de Bouro municipality CoA]](../images/p/pt-tbr).gif)
image by Sérgio Horta, 30 Nov 1998
The arms are Argent, on a mound vert lined sable, a Roe Deer (Capreolus capreolus) proper. Mural crown Argent, with four visible towers (town rank) and white scroll with black letters reading "TERRAS DE BOURO".
Meaning:
The coat of arms refers to the natural heritage of the Gerês mountains, located mainly in this municipality.
I guess it is rather a mountain, not a hill, as it shows black and green on a rocky pattern. The beast on it might very well be an Iberian Mountain Goat (Capra pyrenaica, in Portuguese Cabra-montês), but my guess is that it is a Roe Deer (in Portuguese Corço) instead.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 30 Nov 1998 / 11 Dec 1999
António Martins-Tuválkin, 30 Nov 1998
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
Terras de Bouro is located in the Braga District, old province of Minho, covering 269 km² in 14 communes with 9300 inhabitants.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 30 Nov 1998
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