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[edit] Summary

This flag is used by the Portuguese Government of Macau until 1999, year of the establishment of the Macau Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China. This flag isn't popular in Macau during the portuguese administration. During that period, Macau is usually and widely represented by the Leal Senado's flag.

For more information about this historical flag, view this page in the Portuguese Wikipedia

[edit] Licensing

This work is from an official work of Macao and is in the public domain in Macao and possibly other jurisdictions. See here for the type of material that are in the Public domain in Chinese and Portuguese (official languages of Macao), plus English (not an official language of Macao).

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