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The municipality of Masaya (139,701 inhabitants; 14,260 ha), part of Greater
Managua, is located 30 km south-west of Managua, on the shore of Lake Masaya and
at the foot of volcano Masaya. Masaya is known as Flowers' Town and the Capital
of Nicaraguan Folklore.
Masaya was originally settled by the Dirian, a
Chorotega people of Mexican origin. Visiting Nindirí and Masaya in 1529, the
chronicler Oviedo y Valdés reported that the lake was surrounded by more than 20
settlements, all ruled by Cacique Tenderí. The chronicler claims that Masaya
means "the burning mountain" in Chorotega language. Other believe that Masaya
means either "the place where we came from" or "the place in the lake region".
The colonial settlement established near the native village of Monimbó was
granted in 1819 the title of Royal Town ["Villa"] of San Fernando de Masaya,
elevated in 1839 to "ciudad".
http://www.masaya.gob.ni - Municipal website
Ivan Sache, 15 May
2017
Masaya flag - Three horizontal stripes of Green, white, green
and charged with the arms in the center.
Source: Elisabet Ollé personal observation and photo.
Jaume Ollé, 5 April 2008
The flag of Masaya is horizontally divided green-white-green with the
municipal coat of arms in the middle.
http://www.masaya.gob.ni/?page_id=228 - Municipal website
Photos
http://www.masaya.gob.ni/?page_id=93
http://www.lavozdelsandinismo.com/nicaragua/2014-01-31/se-prepararan-masayas-en-diversos-oficios/
Ivan Sache, 15 May 2017
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image contributed by Fred Drews, 21 March 2006
Masaya Department uses the same coat
of arms as the city of Masaya.
Fred Drews, 21 March 2006
The municipal coat of arms is described by Enrique Bolaños Geyer (b. 1928;
President of the Republic, 2002-2007) in a letter sent on 29 December 1999 to
the Mayor of Masaya, Fernando Padilla Algaba.
The original source is a
document written by a Jorge Ypsilanti de Moldavia, allegedly living in
Guatemala; the author does not appear to be particularly reliable but the
description of the arms makes sense. Dr. Pérez Valdivia, expert in heraldry,
drawn the arms from the written description.
Coat of arms of the Very
Noble and Loyal Town of San Fernando de Masaya
Quarterly, 1. and 4. Gules a
castle or, 2. and 3. Argent a lion rampant gules. A bordure azure inscribed with
the title granted in 1815 "A LA MUY NOBLE Y LEAL VILLA DE SAN FERNANDO DE
MASAYA" in letters or. The shield supported by two lions rampant gules. Beneath
the shield a scroll argent inscribed "VIVA EL CORAZÓN DE MARÍA" [Long Live the
Heart of Mary] in letters gules.
http://sajurin.enriquebolanos.org/vega/docs/Masaya%20-%20Historia%20del%20Escudo%20-%201968.pdf
- Enrique Bolaños Foundation
Ivan Sache, 15 May 2017
