El Tanque
EL TANQUE
Region: Canarias
Province: Santa Cruz de Tenerife
| Spanish | Escudo mantelado. Primero, de oro, pino de sinople. Segundo, de gules, un haz de cinco espigas de oro. Mantel de azur con un monte de tres picos de sinople, perfilados de plata, por el que discurre un torrente hasta un estanque. Al timbre, corona real cerrada. |
| English | blazon wanted |
Origin/meaning
The arms were officially granted on July 23, 1988.
The pine-tree is symbolizing the forests on the municipalities hilltops. The number of the ears of grain is that one of the five settlements forming the municipality. The mountain is symbolizing various volcanic eruptions, from which the municipality suffered in the past. The torrent is symbolizing the riches of clear water and the well, collecting the waters from the local creeks like a water-tank gave the municipality its name (span.:tanque). Up to today the well is situated in the municipalities region of La Hoya.
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