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Rio do Sul, Santa Catarina (Brazil)

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[Flag of Rio do Sul image by Dirk Schönberger, 28 July 2012


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Municipality

The municipality of Rio do Sul (71,061 inhabitants in 2019; 26,097 ha) is located 200 km west of Florianópolis.

Ivan Sache, 5 November 2021


Description of the Flag

The flag and arms of Rio do Sul are prescribed by Municipal Law No. 5,675 promulgated on 3 December 2015. This is a consolidated Law that abrogates all the previous Laws on the municipal symbols.

Article 2.
The coat of arms of the municipality of Rio do Sul shall have the following characteristics and description.
I - The arms of Rio do Sul consists in a rounded-off Portuguese shield surmounted by a mural crown or, the proper symbol of towns. The gate is inscribed with the date of foundation of the town, 10 October 1930.
II - The shield is divided into four quarters bordered in black.
III - The proper shield, which constitutes the "representative arms" is inscribed on top, in white letters on a black background, the name of the town of Rio do Sul.
IV - In the shield's right part is featured a landscape of river Itajaí do Sul, coming from the Chapadas do Fraxinal and the Serra Geral, tilling a vast, prosperous agricultural area, and joining river Itajaí do Oeste near the bridge represented on the landscape, to form the mighty river Itajaí Açu. On the river's left and right banks, which were connected in the early times of colonization by a ferry, today substituted by a majestic concrete bridge, stands the town of Rio do Sul, an active center of agricultural trade and industry fostering the increase of the Brazilian homeland. In the homeland's blue sky, with the course of river Itajaí do Sul, the Southern Cross constellation, a shining and inspiring symbol for Brazilian people.
V - On the left side, in the upper quarter, on a green background, a symbol of abundance of the Brazilian forests and mountains, a plow representing the initiation of the colonization of the municipality by a farmer, whose arduous labor in the cultivation of wild nature undoubtedly elicited the progress of the municipality.
VI - In the central quarter, on the left side, on a background or, the profile of Hermes' head, representing commerce, a link to progress and prosperity and a decisive step in the formation of the town.
VII - At the bridge's angle, on the left, on a light blue background an iron cogwheel as a tribute to the industrial pioneer, who, with persistence and huge sacrifice, sympathized with colonists and transformed their products into a commodity coveted all over the country.

Article 5.
The flag of the municipality of Rio do Sul shall have the following characteristics and description.
I - in length, 20 units, in width, 14 units.
II - Divided by horizontal stripes into three parts - the upper green and the lower yellow, each of 3.5 units in width, and a central part, blue, of 7 units
III - The municipal flag shall feature, in the center, the coat of arms of the municipality of Rio Grande do Sul, 7 units in width and 4.5 units in length.

https://leismunicipais.com.br/a/sc/r/rio-do-sul/lei-ordinaria/2015/567/5675/lei-ordinaria-n-5675-2015-consolida-a-legislacao-municipal-referente-aos-simbolos-do-municipio-de-rio-do-sul
Leis Municipais database

The present-day's flag was originally adopted by Municipal Law No. 3,691 promulgates on 20 November 2001.

Article 2 of the first Law was rephrased as follows:
c) The flag of the municipality shall be charged in the center with the coat of arms of the municipality of Rio do Sul established by Municipal Law No. 367 promulgated on 15 October 1960, of 7 units in width and 4.5 units in length.
d) Abrogated

https://leismunicipais.com.br/a/sc/r/rio-do-sul/lei-ordinaria/2001/369/3691/lei-ordinaria-n-3691-2001-altera-a-redacao-da-alinea-c-e-revoga-a-alinea-d-e-paragrafo-unico-do-artigo-2-da-lei-n-3671960-que-instituiu-a-bandeira-municipal
Leis Municipais database

Photos
https://www.facebook.com/camarariodosul/photos/3057631067786546
https://www.facebook.com/camarariodosul/photos/3010159502533703

Ivan Sache, 5 November 2021


Earlier flag

[Flag of Rio do Sul image by Joseph McMillan, 17 August 2002

The flag of Rio do Sul was instituted on 15 October 1960. It was designed on commission by the artist H. Steiner of Rio de Janeiro. The proportions are the same as for the national flag, 14:20. The flag is divided into three horizontal stripes, green, blue, and yellow, colors taken from the national flag. On the center, inside an outlined white lozenge (presumably also based on the national flag), are the five yellow stars of the constellation of the Southern Cross (Cruzeiro do Sul).
Source: www.riodosul.com.br
Joseph McMillan, 17 August 2002

The first flag of Rio do Sul was prescribed by Municipal Law No. 367 promulgated on 10 October 1960.

Article 2.
The flag shall have the following characteristics and description.
a) In length, 20 units, in width, 14 units.
b) Divided by horizontal stripes in three parts, the two external green and yellow, of equal width, 3.5 units, and a central part, blue, of 7 units.
c) The diameter of the lozenge in the center, blue with a white outline of 0.1 unit in width, shall be of 6 units, outline included.
d) For an easier arrangement of the stars composing the Southern Cross, the lozenge shall be divided into angles in the following distribution, from left to right:
1° - The distance of the white outline to the center of star Beta shall be 0.7 unit, the diameter of the star, 0.6 unit.
2° - The distance of the white outline to the center of star Alpha shall be 1.8 unit, the diameter of the star, 0.5 unit.
3° - The distance of the white outline to the center of star Epsilon shall be 1.8 unit, the diameter of the star, 0.8 unit, the diameter of the star, 0.3 unit.
4° - The distance of the white outline to the center of star Delta shall be 1.8 unit, the diameter of the star, 0.8 unit.

https://leismunicipais.com.br/a/sc/r/rio-do-sul/lei-ordinaria/1960/36/367/lei-ordinaria-n-367-1960-fica-instituido-a-bandeira-do-municipio
Leis Municipais database

Ivan Sache, 5 November 2021