Flag of Macau
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The flag of Macau is light green with a lotus flower above a stylized bridge and water in white, beneath an arc of five gold, five-pointed stars: one large in center of arc and four smaller.
Prior to the handover of Macau to the People's Republic of China by the Portuguese in 1999, Macau as a colony used only the Portuguese flag officially.
There was a flag for the Government of Macau, with designs of a dragon and a Portuguese-style coat-of-arms; but it is not used to represent Macau as a colony, but the concelho of Macau (the other being the concelho of the Ilhas). A flag for the colony based on a similar design was proposed in 1967 but was never adopted. This design can be seen in artworks symbolizing colonial Portugal.
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There was another flag for the city of Macau (http://www.fotw.net/flags/mo-mau.html) (one of the two cities in the colony), with a Portuguese-style coat-of-arms and two angels as heraldic supporters. Reportedly, this was the flag used at the 1999 handover ceremony.
External link
- Flags of the World: Macao (http://www.fotw.net/flags/mo.html)
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