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![[Cornélio Procópio,
PR (Brazil)]](../images/b/br-pr-cp.gif)
9:13 image by Joseph McMillan
According to the source, the flag was approved by Law No. 469 of 2 December
1948. However, this seems unlikely given the design and the description of
the symbolism, which appear to be the work of the heraldist Arcinóe
Antônio Peixoto de Faria, who was active in the 1970s and 80s. Moreover,
it seems unlikely that a municipal chamber that had passed only 53 laws from 1
January to 28 October 1948 (the date that law no. 53 approved the coat of arms;
see below) would have passed a further 416 in little more than a month. The flag is blue, with a white
central rectangle on which is placed the coat of arms of the municipality,
and from which issue eight white stripes, dividing the field into eights.
Each white stripe is surmounted by another stripe of yellow and than another
of black overall. The dimensions ostensibly follow the official patterns of
the national flag, but are stated as nine units hoist by 13 fly (the
national being 14 hoist by 20 fly). The central rectangle is three units
high by four wide; the stripes are 2/3 of a unit wide, divided into five
equal parts (white, yellow, black, yellow, white). The coat of arms was
approved by law no. 53 of 28 October 1948. According to the text, the
shield should be gold with a column representing "Labor" supporting the star
that appears in the national coat of arms, surrounded by the legend,
"Município de Cornélio Procópio - Estado do Paraná." However, the images of
both the coat of arms and the flag show the shield blue with the column in
gold. As usual, the coat of arms in the center indicates the municipal
government and the radiating stripes the expansion of its power to all areas
of the municipal territory. The colors are assigned the usual symbolism in
Brazilian civic heraldry, especially in the work of Peixoto de Faria.
Source: Official municipal website
Joseph McMillan, 11 July 2002