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by Blas Delgado Ortiz, 21 November 2004
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This city of 35,601 inhabitants in central Puerto Rico, was
founded in 1809. Under the Order No. 8, 1975-76 Series, the
Municipal Assembly approved the project including the flag, Coat of Arms and seal of the Municipality of
Cidra on September 25, 1975. Professor J.J. Santa-Pinter's
professional services in heraldics were obtained through the
Cultural Centre. The flag is of regulation dimensions (3'x5')
[91.4 cm x 152 cm]. The Municipal Seal shines on the flag uniting
all three stripes, and the whole is ended with yellow fringes.
Each colour has its own symbolism. The green evokes the landscape
and its spring-like green colours throughout the year. This
colour covering the land together with the variety of colours of
each flower make us known as the "City of the Eternal
Spring". The gold refers to the wealth of fruit and water,
and also to the spiritual wealth of the region and city. The
brown alludes
Thanh-Tâm Le, 12 January 1999
This flag is at pueblos-de-puertorico.com site (defunct). It
is a Madagascar-style flag; according to the lexjuris-site red at
the hoist and horizontally yellow over green. However, at the
pueblos-site the colors are different and on the cutting-point
there is a seal, consisting of the Coat of Arms within two
concentric circles with (in white) the text (top) CIDRA and
(bottom) PUERTO RICO.
Jarig Bakker, 29 January 2000
Cidra - Its flag has two horizontal stripes, green the upper
one and gold (yellow) the lower one. To the hoist we can see a
brown vertical stripe. The city seal unites all three stripes.
The flag ends fimbriated in yellow. Green invokes the greenness
of the municipal landscape covered by the variety in its flower's
colors. Gold stands for the fruit and aquatic richness as for the
region and citizenry spiritual aspect. The Virgin of Carmen and
the savannah pigeon come to shape in the brown color.
Blas Delgado Ortiz, 9 April 2001
From <www.cidrapr.com>:
"Descripción:
Dos franjas verticales [?], una verde y una dorada
Una franja horizontal [?] marrón.
El sello oficial sobre ellas uniendo las tres franjas.
Colores:
Verde - Paisaje Primaveral
Dorado - Riqueza frutal y acuática
Marrón - Virgen del Carmen y la Paloma Sabanera."
Dov Gutterman, 16 April 2004
Note that the short description at <www.cidrapr.com>,
immediately under the flag's image mixes up 'horizontal' and
'vertical'.
Jan Mertens, 18 April 2004
Under the decree # 8, series 1975-76, the Municipal Assembly
approved, on September 25, 1975 , the project that contained the
flag, shield, and the seal of Cidra Municipality elaborated
by professor J.J. Santa Pinter.
The flag is of regulated size (3 ' xs 5 ').&