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image by Blas Delgado Ortiz, 7 May 2002
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At pueblos-de-puertorico.com site (defunct) there is the above
flag of Arecibo, in Arecibo District, Puerto Rico. This flag is
quite different from the flag
at the Lexjuris
site.
Jarig Bakker , 25 January 2000
Arecibo - The flag derives its design, colors and symbolism
from the municipal Coat of Arms.
Blas Delgado Ortiz, 6 April 2001
I live on Arecibo. I talked with some people of Casa Ulanga
(Cultural Center of Arecibo) and they tell me that Arecibo has
only one flag - half blue at left and at right has the
"diamonts" blue and gold. They do not know why Lexjuris
site show a diferent flag but in their site the text say that
Arecibo flag is half blue at left and at right has the
"diamonts" blue and gold ,but when they show the flag,
it is a different one.
Nelson L Román, 9 August 2001
The blue hoist - yellow fly version with no Coat of Arms is
the former flag according to Nelson Román, buy I guess it is OK
to use it because many PR flags has two accepted versions, one
with and one without Coat of Arms.
Blas Delgado Ortiz, 4 September 2001
This is the corrected Arecibo flag. Nelson Román went to the
City Hall and corroborated two things:
- the belt in the shield is entirely golden as the rest of the
shield (in fact, the whole shield appears to be dark golden
toward orange).
-the belt holes are also present.
Previously, the belt was rendered incorrectly white based on the
Anisa bulletin.
Blas Delgado Ortiz, 4 September 2001
After a thorough discussion spending several months about
Arecibo's flag with my liaison in Arecibo, Néstor Luis Román,
and Arecibo's Cultural Center, Casa Ulanga, we finally agreed
that the actual flag of Arecibo in common use today has the City
Shield smaller than the one at reported before and completely
golden-yellow and dark blue, while the rhombi at the fly are dark
blue over a yellow field. The official description do not
specified real values, especially for the shield size in relation
to the rest of the flag, so a construction sheet cannot be done
with certainty. This has let several versions of the flag
to be flown around the city, mainly regarding the size and true
colors of the shield, and even using the heraldic copper-yellow
of the CoA in all the flag, as recently used at the Chicago's
Puerto Rican Day Parade.
Blas Delgado Ortiz, 7 May 2002
The reason why the Coat of Arms in the flag is all orange-gold
instead of silver and gold, and the blue is of only one shade all
around the flag, including the rhombi, is pure economics. The
municipality spend from $400 to $500 in each big size flag, so it
is cheaper to use only two colors plus yellow.
Blas Delgado Ortiz, 20 November 2002
image by Blas Delgado Ortiz, 14 May 2005
Nelson Roman report avertical display of Arecibo's flag, used
by now at Arecibo's Casa Ulanga (cultural Center) when the City
Mayor comes to give a speech.
Blas Delgado Ortiz, 14 May 2005
image by Thanh-Tam Le, 28 May 2006
The entirely yellow version apparently did really exist many
decades ago, according to a very old folk in town.
Blas Delgado Ortiz, 4 September 2001
1)
image by Blas Delgado Ortiz, 2 September 2001
Nelson Román, from Arecibo, discovered the bulletin on a
drugstore the other day. What was his surprise when he saw
another version of the Arecibo flag, this time with three rows of
five rhombi (diamonds) instead of five columns of three rhombi.
The shield has the belt white bordered in gold. The shield can be
considered canting in some way. It has a belt that stands for
Captain "Correa" ("belt" in English), a local
military hero from Spanish times. The flag with the rhombi
longest axis oriented horizontally and the white belt shield is
an incorrect version presented by Anisa Productions.
Blas Delgado Ortiz, 2 September 2001
2)
image by Blas Delgado Ortiz, 4 September 2001
Here is a photo of a version of the flag. There are some
differences from the oficial one which has more gold and
no silver color at the Coat of Arms.
Nelson L. Román, 16 September 2003
ac.gif)
Coat of Arms at the city hall
image by Blas Delgado Ortiz, 20 November 2002
ac1.gif)
Coat of Arms on the flag
image by Blas Delgado Ortiz, 20 November 2002
ac2.gif)
Shield
image by Blas Delgado Ortiz, 20 November 2002
Arecibo's Coat of Arms and shield - The true and accepted
coloring for both are dark blue and deep or orange gold for the
shield, mural crown and belt, and silver for the belt buckles.
The present mural crown has five towers since 1980. This
representation is the one seen at the City Hall entrance, though
a less wide mural crown touching the shield corners is also seen,
as depicted in the actual municipal flag.
The "variant" is considered the real thing about the
Arecibo Coat of Arms and the one represented in the actual
flag. The only difference with the one at City Hall, which
is rather an old and yellow plaque, is the mural crown. The
accepted official Coat of Arms that is used also as the seal, has
the mural crown narrower and higher, which is the one I am
attaching today. I only wanted you to know the very
different versions that have appeared with this Coat of Arms and
with the flag. All this information has been corroborated with my
liaison at Arecibo and with the Cultural Office of the city, Casa
Ulanga.
Blas Delgado Ortiz, 20 November 2002
Arecibo has existed as a population nucleus since the early
years of the sixteenth century (1515). In the year 1570 the Taino
Indians entrusted the land to the Spaniards who began to live in
the village. The shield is divided by diagonal lines in golden
and blue rhombis with a blue stripe in the superior part, in
which resides an opened five-point crown and which is adorned
with drawings characterizing the art of the Taínos. This
combination of symbols represents the Indian Cacique (Chieftain)
from whom the population's name derives, the governor that
erected the town and the hero Captain Correa who defended it. The
crown remembers the Cacique Francisco Xamaica Arecibo, converted
to Christianity, who reigned the region of the Abacoa, today
Arecibo. The two turtles are symbols of antiquity. The population
of Arecibo is one of the four oldest of the Island. The blue
rhombis in golden background are part of the shield of arms of
the Governor Felipe de Beaumont y Navarra, Governor of Puerto
Rico (1614-1620) and which had part in the foundation of Arecibo
in 1616 as a town. The strap in gold and clasp of silver that
borders the shield alludes to Captain Antonio de los Reyes
Correa, of Arecibo. In the strap, in saber letters, it says Very
Loyal (Muy Leal), a motto granted to the city in 1850. The crown
mural has five towers, which means that Arecibo received the
title of city. This occurred in 1981.
Nelson Román, 9 August 2004
image by Blas Delgado Ortiz, 12 August 2002
Colors of the burgee of Arecibo Power Scuadron - The
yellow of our Burgee comes from the color of the Arecibo Coat of
Arms and flag. The three vertical lines indicate the three
reasons of our being: Service, Education, and Camadrerie. The
wheel is indicative of the boats we enjoy. The wolf with a
captain's hat is related with "los Lobos de Arecibo"
(Arecibo Wolves), name of our county's baseball team.
Source: <www.xsn.net>.
Nelson L. Román, 8 July 2003
image by Nelson L Roman, 15 June 2003
This is the flag of the San Felipe College (private
school) of Arecibo in Puerto Rico. In the center there is
the seal of the College and above the seal the words
"Colegio San Felipe". Below the seal it says
"founded in 1932". The Colors of the School are Blue
and white.
Nelson L Roman, 15 June 2003
