La Palma Island (Santa Cruz de Tenerife Province, Canary Islands, Spain)

Last modified: 2005-03-05 by santiago dotor
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by Jaume Ollé

• Description
• Flag Variant
• Municipality of Breña Baja
• Municipality of Garafía
• Municipality of Tijarafe

See also:

• Island and Municipal Flags (Canary Islands, Spain)
• Canary Islands (Spain)
• Spain

Other sites:

• Flags of the Canary Islands by José Manuel Erbez

Description

The island of La Palma adopted a flag on 2 January 1991. It is blue and white and in the shield is the figure of the local saint, San Miguel de la Palma (Saint Michael) with a golden balance and golden palm. In the border are five flowers (violets) in purple that symbolize the five municipalities of the island.

Jaume Ollé, 2 November 1996

Flag Variant

by António Martins

I reGIFfed this image from the one in José Manuel Erbez's site. I have no idea how this flag compares with the one at the top, except that maybe this Palma flag is a coat-of-arms-less variation. Same about the unusual shades — I just kept the original's and I do not know whether it is a good approximations of the actual and/or official color used or just the author's defaults.

António Martins, 27 March 2000