File:Flag of the Azores.svg

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Summary

Description

Português: Bandeira dos Açores

English: Azores flag, from the xrmap flag collection 2.7.

The nine stars represent the nine islands which are: São Miguel, São Jorge, Terceira, Santa Maria, Graciosa, Faial, Pico, Flores, and Corvo.

The bird represent the goshawk which the word Azores derived from.

The shield represents the lesser arm of Portugal, of which the Azores is an autonomous region.

Date

2008

Source

Own work. Original rendition derived from the legal description of the flag.

Author

Tonyjeff

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File history

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	00:13, 3 August 2023	844 × 562 (53 KB)	Odder	Reverted to version as of 00:33, 24 September 2022 (UTC)
	21:47, 2 August 2023	750 × 500 (13 KB)	Djali08	Reverted to version as of 17:06, 20 August 2014 (UTC)
	00:33, 24 September 2022	844 × 562 (53 KB)	HapHaxion	reduce file size
	17:01, 17 June 2022	844 × 562 (84 KB)	GumSkyloard	Fixed stroke issues, again
	16:58, 17 June 2022	844 × 562 (79 KB)	GumSkyloard	Fixed stroke issues.
	16:56, 17 June 2022	512 × 341 (58 KB)	GumSkyloard	Used version found in the official website, modified for symmetry
	17:06, 20 August 2014	750 × 500 (13 KB)	SiBr4	Code
	00:06, 16 June 2010	748 × 499 (134 KB)	Fry1989	damn I had to search hard to find this blue, but I did!!! Finally. Also some work on shield and stars
	00:06, 7 June 2010	748 × 499 (133 KB)	Angrense	Reverted to version as of 15:26, 28 September 2008
	00:04, 7 June 2010	748 × 499 (133 KB)	Angrense	These are the proper colours and proportions