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The Coat of Arms of Naguanagua Municipality

Heraldical Description

The Coat of Arms of Naguanagua Municipality is result of the contest open aid promoted by the Naguanagua's Mayor Office on March 20th, 1999. A constituted jury decides favorably the creation of artist Victor Manuel Martinez as the coat of arms of The Naguanagua Municipality.

The Coat of Arms of Naguanagua Municipality is quartered in cross.

First quarter (superior left) on Or (Gold enalme) shows the image of Our Lady of BegoƱa, remembrance of the faith and devotion of the naguanaguensians for their Matron and the protection of the Divine Providence over the Valley of Naguanagua.

Second quarter (superior right) on Vert (Green enalme) for represents the hope in the future and profits derived from the moral and technical illustration, charges a lamp on a book symbolizing the cultural and scientific center of Carabobo University.

Third quarter (inferior left) on Gules (Red enalme) shows a golden key for symbolize the municipal autonomy and profits of our political system.

Fourth quarter (inferior right) charges a mountainous landscape with a valley and a silvered river, represents the fertility of the grounds as well as the ecological lung of the city, the thermal water center of Las Trincheras (The Trenches) and the battlefield of the Venezuelan Independence War.

As external ornaments:

The crossed lances behind the Coat of Arms, like war trophies, symbolizes the value and courage of the Patriotic Army in the battles released on majestic hills of Naguanagua.

The Silver (White enalme) and Azure (Blue enalme) lambrequins (adornments generally in form of maple leaves, which starting upward the Coat of Arms, falls capriciously to both sides), symbolizes the qualities and virtues of the citizens worthy to guide the Municipality destinies.

Two pennants completes the Coat of Arms: the superior one in Gules (Red enalme) with a golden inscription that recall the battles of Barbula, Trincheras and Naguanagua (verified in Venezuelan Independence War), and the inferior one in Silver (White enalme) with ephemeris wrote in Gules (Red enalme): "14 de Mayo de 1782" (May 14th, 1782), Foundational Date of the City; "16 de Enero de 1994" (January 16th, 1994), Date of the Municipal Autonomy.