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São Bonifácio, Santa Catarina (Brazil)

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[Flag of São Bonifácio, Santa Catarina image by Dirk Schönberger, 6 August 2012
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Municipality

The municipality of São Bonifácio (3,008 inhabitants in 2010; 46,130 ha) is located 70 km south-west of Florianópolis.

Ivan Sache, 7 November 2021


Description of the Flag

Divided per bend, blue over green, with the municipal shield in the centre on a white lozenge.

Official website at http://www.saobonifacio.sc.gov.br
Dirk Schönberger, 6 August 2012

The flag and arms of São Bonifácio are prescribed by Municipal Law No. 983 promulgated on 5 April 1999.

Article 1.
The flag and coat of arms of the municipality of São Bonifácio have the following characteristics.
The flag shall be of 1.25 m in length on 0.88 m in width, diagonally divided, the upper part blue, symbolizing the sky, and the lower part green, symbolizing forests. In the center, a white lozenge, of 0.62 m on 0.62 m, charged with the municipal coat of arms, mountains representing the mountainous region, trees representing the region's resources in timber, a river representing the waterways and sources abundant in the municipality among green fields; a hoe symbolizing the man's force in rural zones; the animals bred in the region. Surrounding the landscape, right a tobacco plant and left a mize plant, the main crops. Below, a scroll inscribed "São Bonifácio", surrounded by the dates of colonization and establishment, "1864" and "1962", respectively.
Colors: Blue (in two shades), brown, pink, white and green.

https://leismunicipais.com.br/a/sc/s/sao-bonifacio/lei-ordinaria/1999/99/983/lei-ordinaria-n-983-1999-aprova-os-simbolos-do-municipio-a-bandeira-e-o-brasao
Leis Municipais database

The flag was originally prescribed by Municipal Law No. 192 promulgated on 8 September 1977.

The wording of Article 1 is strictly identical to above, except that:
- the dimensions of the flag are given as 1.20 m on 0.90 m
- the figure in the center is prescribed as a square of 0.32 m on 0.32 m.
- the description of the arms includes "a cross representing people's Christian faith".

https://leismunicipais.com.br/a/sc/s/sao-bonifacio/lei-ordinaria/1977/19/192/lei-ordinaria-n-192-1977-aprova-os-simbolos-do-municipio-conforme-especifica
Leis Municipais database

Municipal Law No. 233 promulgated on 31 March 1979 suppressed "a cross representing people's Christian faith" from the description of the arms.

https://leismunicipais.com.br/a/sc/s/sao-bonifacio/lei-ordinaria/1979/23/233/lei-ordinaria-n-233-1979-suprime-parte-do-artigo-1-da-lei-n-192-02-77-que-aprova-os-simbolos-do-municipio-conforme-especifica
Leis Municipais database

Ivan Sache, 7 November 2021