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![[Flag of Colombo, PR (Brazil)]](../images/b/br-pr-080.gif)
image by Dirk Schönberger,
15 July 2011 The municipality of Colombo (246,540 inhabitants in 2020, therefore the 8th
most populated municipality in the state; 19,779 ha) is located 20 km north of
Curitiba.
The flag and arms of Colombo are prescribed by Municipal Law
no. 14 promulgated on 27 August 1973.
Article 6.
The municipal flag
shall be rectangular, in official green color, charged with the coat of arms.
The coat of arms, in the center of the flag, is tripartite, symbolizing:
The
right field, which covers from top to bottom 50% of the flag's total area, is
white, the color of peace, charged in the center with a red cross, symbol of
sacrifice and work. The left field is divided in two equal parts, the upper left
green, green, charged in the center with a plow representing the virgin land
cleared by colonists and immigrants who extracted its resources, the lower left
field, yellow, charged in the center with a bunch of grapes representing the
fruit of human labor extracting from the soil one of the municipality's main
sources of income.
Article 19.
The coat of arms of the municipality of
Colombo shall be [description copied word by word from Article 6].
The coat
of arms, in compliance with heraldry, shall be 7 units in length on 8 units in
width.
https://leismunicipais.com.br/a/pr/c/colombo/lei-ordinaria/1973/2/14/lei-ordinaria-n-14-1973-dispoe-sobre-a-forma-e-a-apresentacao-dos-simbolos-do-municipio-de-colombo-e-da-outras-providencias
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Ivan Sache, 1 February 2022