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by Thanh-Tâm Le' , 11 January 1999
Based on Lexjuris
site
2) 
from pueblos-de-puertorico
site
See also:
At http://pueblos-de-puertorico.com/Aguada/images/bandera.JPG
the flag of Aguada in Puerto Rico. The flag is vertically yellow
- purple - white; in the centre of the yellow bar a white star;
in the center of the purple bar a white cross ending in 4 stars
and in a arc on top of it the name AGUADA (capitals); on the
white bar on the right a blue triangle pointing downwards with a
bird flying upward (dove, hawk?).
At the Lexjuris site at http://www.lexjuris.com/PUEBLOS/AGUADA.HTML
the Aguada-flag is divided in three parts, all running diagonally.
Can someone resolve the problem whether the bars are vertical or
diagonal? (My guess is that the blue triangle with the Dove is
causing the confusion on the Lexjuris site
Jarig Bakker , 25 January 2000
Well, I visited the sites myself and they look quite a bit
different. One appears to be an "official" site, and
the other more "real", since it looks like a photograph
of real flag. Maybe it has suffered changes?
As for the explanation of the flag, I can get this clean: "Over
the white field, there is a blue triangle, and on the blue
triangle, a white dove, symbol of the peace that unites all the
peoples in a brotherly link " [something like a brothers
hug].
The center is not purple, it is red ("bandera tricolor:
blanco, rojo y amarillo.") (I see that from the pictures too,
maybe it is our "latin" interpretation of colours).
The bird in the blue triangle is a dove ("sobre el tri?ngulo
azul una paloma blanca").
Unfortunately, there is no mention about wheter the bars are
vertical or diagonal.
Moreover, the cross in the lexjuris is black, but the one in the
other site is white!
the creator is Pedro Ve'lez Adro'var.
Nicolas Rucks , 25 January 2000
The text does not indicate at all whether the stripes are
vertical or otherwise. Actually it is even more confusing, since
it names the colours from the fly to the hoist rather than the
opposite way as usual
Santiago Dotor , 25 January 2000
