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La Palma Island (Santa Cruz de Tenerife Province, Canary Islands, Spain)

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[La Palma Island (Santa Cruz de Tenerife Province, Canary Islands, Spain)]
by Jaume Ollé



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Description

The island of La Palma adopted a flag on 2 January 1991. It is blue and white and in the shield is the figure of the local saint, San Miguel de la Palma (Saint Michael) with a golden balance and golden palm. In the border are five flowers (violets) in purple that symbolize the five municipalities of the island.

Jaume Ollé, 2 November 1996


Flag Variant

[La Palma (Canary Islands, Spain), variant without arms]
by António Martins

I reGIFfed this image from the one in José Manuel Erbez's site. I have no idea how this flag compares with the one at the top, except that maybe this Palma flag is a coat-of-arms-less variation. Same about the unusual shades — I just kept the original's and I do not know whether it is a good approxim