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image by António Martins, 23 May 2017
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This municipality is located at the southwest of Santo
Antão Island, taking up almost three quarters of its land area.
António Martins, 18 Dec 2025
This flag is clearly “dark” yellow as the stars of the municipal
emblem, which are yellow, show lighter and contrast
on it.
António Martins, 14 Nov 2017
Plain dark yellow flag with centered emblem, according to photographic evidence online:
The municipal emblem shows the usual circular “shield”/disc,
dark blue with a light blue arched window shape (round above and square
below, like an inverted Iberian heraldic shield), from which the upper
body of a prey bird (the Cape Verde buzzard, Buteo bannermani?)
can be seen, with black beak and plumage in shades of white to ruddy
brown; all around the edge of the disc a light grey edge with four notches
at the cardinal points and four square inward protuberances pointing
inwards at the inter-cardinal points (a clockwork wheel?).
Outside the disc, the usual ten stars and chain
links — this time they are green and four in number. The scroll below
the disc reads "Porto Novo" between two large dots in serif bold capitals. The
shape of the scroll is similar to that of, i.a.,
Tarrafal mun., also shaped like a
cloth strung and hung from two poles, but this
time the poles are brown in color; the scroll is white and its draping is simpler
than Tarrafal’s.
António Martins, 14 Nov 2017
The emblem (and thus the flag) existed already in 2006, as evidenced by this
leaflet.
António Martins, 23 May 2017 and 14 Nov 2017
![[flag]](../images/c/cv-13_h.gif)
image by Sérgio Horta and António Martins, 18 Dec 2025 |
(source)
The colonial-era municipal flag was granted in 1966 official journal (of the colony) Boletim Oficial de Cabo Verde : I Série : 2.º Suplemento of 1966.09.02, later than all others (in 1951-1955), due to the fact that the municipality was created at that time.
It is a typical Portuguese municipal flag, consisting of a 2:3 red over yellow quartered background with the coat of arms centered on it. Mural crown Argent with four visible towers (town rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case serifed letters "Vila de Porto Novo". The banner should have golden and red tassels and cord, and golden staff with a spear finial.
António Martins, 18 Dec 2025
![[flag]](../images/p/pt-'ry4.gif)
image by António Martins, 29 Feb 2010
Non-monocolored portuguese subnational flags are
allowed to have armless variations.
Jorge Candeias, 18 Jul 1999
While the current law, adopted in 1991,
doesn’t apply to municipal flags in the colonies, independent in 1975, it
however draws most of its content from the 1930 ministerial dispatch, incl.
the regulation of armless variations allowed for non-monocolor municipal flags.
This 1930 ruling affected all future Portuguese municipal flags, including the
colonial ones.
António Martins, Feb 2026
![[flag]](../images/c/cv-13_h).gif)
image by Sérgio Horta and António Martins, 18 Dec 2025 |
(source)
The arms have on a shield Gules a shipboard bell Argent clappered Or flanked in chief by two escallops Or.
Escudo de vermelho, uma sineta de bordo de prata realçada de negro e badalado de ouro, acompanhada em chefe por duas vieiras de ouro. Coroa mural de prata de quatro torres. Listel branco com a designação em caracteres negro "VILA DE PORTO NOVO". Bandeira - Esquartelada de vermelho e amarelo. Cordões e borlas de ouro e vermelho. Haste e lança de ouro.António Martins, 18 Dec 2025
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