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by Thanh-Tâm Le', 12 Febuary 2000
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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
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
by Blas Delgado Ortiz, 31 March 2001
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 CoA within two concentric
circles with (in white) the text (top) CIDRA and (bottom) PUERTO
RICO.
Jarig Bakker, 29 January 2000
1) 
Wrong flag as appears at Lexjuris
site
by Thanh-Tâm Le', 12 January 1999
2) 
Wrong flag as appears at Lexjuris
site
by Thanh-Tâm Le', 12 January 1999
Image No. 2 folows the proportions quoted in the text in Lexjuris
site , namely 3:5, but since I made the whole series as 2:3
(according to the images and the national flag), I labelled that
one as No. 2. I have replaced the yellow of my initial image with
dark yellow, according to the text which refers to gold [color
dorada]. [This is one instance where 3:5 proportions are
explicitly quoted, whereas some other cities make it clear that
their flag has a 2:3 ratio... And yet all are supposed to have
the same proportions, it seems.
Thanh-Tâm Le', 12 January 1999
cd.jpg)
from pueblos-de-puertorico.com site (defunct)
It can be seen that below the Coat of Arms is written: CIDRA -
DE ETERNA PRIMAVERA (Cidra - eternal spring).
Jarig Bakker, 29 January 2000