Óbidos Municipality (Portugal)

Last modified: 2006-02-05 by antonio martins
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• About the flag
• Presentation of Óbidos

• Municipalities of Portugal
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• Page about the municipal flag and coat of arms of Óbidos at Sérgio Horta’s website (in Portuguese).
  reported by Jorge Candeias, 29 Feb 1999
• Page about Óbidos at the Portuguese Municipalities’s Association website (incl. image of the arms)
  reported by António Martins, 18 Nov 2001

About the flag

On a red field a gold castle standing on a green and black hill charged with an ancient quina and two silver half moons. Four silver towers mural crown, white scroll with the lettering "VILA DE ÓBIDOS". Flag yellow over blue
Sérgio Horta, 31 Dec 1999

Presentation of Óbidos

This is a town that belongs to Leiria district and to the old province Estremadura, has a 142 sq. km area, 8 freguesias (communes) and about 10 000 inhabitants.
Sérgio Horta, 31 Dec 1999

Name sounds like "Awbitch".
António Martins, 06 Sep 2001