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Municipality of Arico (Tenerife Island, Santa Cruz de Tenerife Province, Canary Islands, Spain)

Ilustre Ayuntamiento de Villa de Arico

Last modified: 2009-01-24 by eugene ipavec
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[Municipality of Arico (Tenerife Island, Santa Cruz de Tenerife Province, Canary Islands, Spain)]
image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 29 Mar 2008

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Flag adopted in 2005.

Source: El Día, 03 Aug 2008

Ivan Sache, 07 Aug 2008

Former Flag

[Municipality of Arico (Tenerife Island, Santa Cruz de Tenerife Province, Canary Islands, Spain)]
image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 29 Mar 2008

A white flag with the coat of arms in its centre. I spotted this flag on 30 January in the Military Museum Sta. Cruz d. T.

Sources and Credits

Klaus-Michael Schneider, 14 Apr 2007

Coat of Arms

The shield is divided per fess. In the chief is a golden (yellow) beehive in a green field. In the base is a silver (white) anchor in a blue field. The shield has a white border with four black ancles, looking like tools to open wooden freight boxes. The shield is topped by a crown.

  • The bee-hive symbolizes agriculture
  • the anchor symbolizes coasts and beaches
  • The tools on the bordure (used in order to loosen the soil) symbolize the municipality's name
The coat of arms was established by order of Consejería de Presidencia del Gobierno de Canarias on 22 May 1985, and published in BOC on 14 June 1985.

Sources and Credits; Simbolos De Canarias website by José Manuel Erbez

Klaus-Michael Schneider, 14 Apr 2007 and 21 Mar 2008