English: The coat of arms of the city of Pointe-Noire is:
"Gold at the point of sand accompanied by two silver oars, the handle gules, laid in chevron poured, the tip and oars moving from a sea of azure wavy three streams of silver"
Français : Les armes de la ville de Pointe-Noire sont :
« D’or à la Pointe de sable accompagnée de deux rames d’argent, au manche de gueules, posées en chevron versé , la Pointe et les rames mouvant d’une mer d’azur ondée de trois flots d’argent ».
La devise des armoiries de la ville est : « Labor improbus omnia vinciti », en latin (ce qui signifie en français « Un travail opiniâtre vient à bout de tout »).
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