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by Blas Delgado, 2 April 2001
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The flag was designed by Norma I. Villafane Semidey
and its background color is "buff", a kind of yellow
cream color.
Its symbology is described as follows:
· The blue, red and gold colors - represents the City of Caguas
· Crown - represents the "Cacique" or chief Caguax
· Pineapple - represents the Settlement of El Pinal, as the city
was first known
· Rectangle - stands also for the city of Caguas
· Arrows - our native weapons
· Three sugar canes - stand for "good sugar cane" that
gives name to the barrio
· Map - geographic depiction of the barrio
· Cow - represents the live stock industry
· Tobacco leaf - represents the tobacco industry
· Church - represents Christianity and brotherhood
Blas Delgado, 2 April 2001