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by Blas Delgado Ortiz, 11 November 2004
See also:
Barrios of Caguas:
This city of 136,633 inhabitants was founded in 1775, received
the title of "villa" in 1820 and "ciudad" in
1894. The flag was adopted in 1960. The cross stands for the
Cross of San Sebastián, for this was the first Christian village
which settled in the Caguas Valley, together with the hermitage
of San Sebastián del Barrero.Caguas as in Guayama district,
central Puerto Rico.
Thanh-Tâm Le', 12 January 1999 and Jarig
Bakker, 27 January 2000
The flag of Caguas was changed two years ago. on top is the
new flag of Caguas, redrawn following the true specifications of
the Municipal Assembly Law that created it
Blas Delgado Ortiz, 6 Febuary 2000
Here is the City Logo of
Caguas. It reads: "Caguas, Our New Country, Center... and
Heart of Puerto Rico", which is our new motto.
Blas Delgado Ortiz, 24 Febuary 2000
This is the official new blue color of the municipal flag as
it appears on the city website and its official advertisements.
This is to replace the former flag color of dark blue-violet. It
has been in place a long time ago, though. The flag is also
the city flag.
The municipality of Caguas comprises eleven "barrios"
or community sectors and each one has its own flag. One of the
barrios is the city itself, known as the "Pueblo"
barrio or Town (city) barrio.
Blas Delgado Ortiz, 31 March 2001
by Thanh-Tâm Le', 12 January 1999
The top flag is same as the image
in pueblos-de-puertorico.com site (Not Available at the moment) ;
The image made by Thanh-Tâm Le' based upon the Lexjuris image
at seems to be an incorrect simplification. That page doesn't
seem to give much info on the flag.
Jarig Bakker, 27 January 2000
I located this other
version of the flag at <www.geocities.com/Area51/Hollow/2111/mipueblo.htm>.
Mark Sensen, 29 April 2000
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by Nelson L. Román, 29 June 2004
From <www.ngw.nl>:
"The arms are a combination of symbols for the two oldest
villages in the Caguas valley. The arrows are canting for the
village of San Sebastián del Barrero. The symbol of St.
Sebastian is a bunch of arrows. The pineapples are canting for
the other village, Dulce Nombre de Jesús del Piña."
Nelson Román, 8 July 2004
See also version by Blas Delgado Ortiz, 11 November 2004
by Blas Delgado Ortiz, 14 October 2002
The Assembly of the Municipality of Caguas decided by law
long ago that each particular design will be placed as a central
shield over crossed arrows, in a design identical to the present
Caguas and Bairoa flags. I do not have the information of
the background color of this flag. I have all the official
shields of each barrio, except San Salvador's, which is at
present under a redesigning process. All of them are placed
in the central shield. What changes is the color of the
flag. At this moment, only the flags of Bairoa,
Turabo, and San Antonio are flying, and each was respectivelly
introduced in this same order.
Blas Delgado Ortiz, 10 July 2000
All the flags of the barrios of Caguas are a modified version
of the city flag, with each barrios' shield replacing the central
city shield and the field color of a very light shade of either
blue, green or cream (this last color not so sure of).
Blas Delgado Ortiz, 23 March 2001
Here are small barrios'
shields that should go over the flags. The fields will
have at least three colors: green, blue and cream, all in very
light shades.
Blas Delgado Ortiz, 23 March 2001
At last I had the opportunity of talking with my city Mayor
and he referred me to the office where I've could finally get the
information about the barrios flag symbolisms. It was
decided that the background color of the flags should be of
these pastel shades (the name was determined by the flag
manufacturer): peach, seafoam, blue flower, and buff. The flags
are made of 100% nylon and are 3 x 5 -this is contrary to the
Municipal Assembly law so I decided to keep them drawn as
2:3.
Blas Delgado Ortiz, 30 March 2001
Each barrio flag has the city flag as template, changing the
background field color and the central shield. They all were
originally designed to be dark blue in color, but it was decided
to change the field color to pastel ones, so each one can be
discerned from the city flag.
The flag manufacturer decided the shade of the specified colors
and give them their name. They are as follows: "peach",
really a lighter shade; "seafoam", a light blue-green
or light turquoise; "blue flower", a very light sky
blue; and "buff", meaning literally skin leather, a
yellowish tan.
Blas Delgado Ortiz, 31 March 2001
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