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![[Flag of Assaí,
PR (Brazil)]](../images/b/br-pr-as.gif)
image by Ivan Sache, 31 January 2022
The municipality of Assaí (14,954 inhabitants in 2020; 44,035 ha) is located
400 km north-west of Curitiba.
Assaí was established, as Assailandia
(from Asahi, Japanese for Rising Sun), in 1932 by Miyuki Saito, Itissuke
Nishimura, Utaro Katsuda, Tokujiro Tsutsui and Junzo Nagai, who cleared plots
from Fazenda Tręs Barras, which had been acquired by BRATAC – Sociedade
Colonizadora do Brasil Ltda. BRATAC was established by Japanese public and
private shareholders to foster Japanese colonization of North Paraná.
The
municipality of Assaí was established by State Decree-Law No. 199 promulgated on
30 December 1943 and inaugurated on 28 January 1944.
https://assai.pr.gov.br/
Municipal
website
The flag of Assaí is divided by eight yellow stripes superimposed
with blue stripes placed two by two vertically, horizontally, per bend and per
bend sinister, starting from a central yellow rectangle inscribing the coat of
arms.
The coat of arms is composed of a shield of the first style used in
Portugal under French influence.
The mural crown that surmounts the shield,
argent with eight towers, only five of them being visible in perspective view,
indicates the town as the seat of a county.
Azure (blue) is a symbol of
justice, nobleness, perseverance, zeal and loyalty.
The heraldic sun is
represented as a human face with 16 points, 8 rectilinear and another 8 wavy.
The sun is a symbol of eternity, greatness, power, providence and illustrious
nobleness.
The serration formed by five triangles or evokes the Serra Morena,
whose highest point is located on the municipal territory.
The coat of arms
evokes the municipality's original name, Assialandia, meaning "Land of the
Rising Sun", a tribute to the Japanese colony that fostered the development of
the region.
The fess wavy represents river Tibagi.
The shield is supported
by a fructed coffee branch and a flowered cotton plant, representing the
products offered by the fertile soil.
Beneath the shield, the scroll azure
(blue) is inscribed in letters or the motto "LEALDADE - NOBREZA - RIQUEZA -
PODER" (Loyalty - Nobleness - Wealth - Power) surrounded by years "1932" (year
of foundation) and "1944" (year of emancipation).
https://assai.pr.gov.br/simbolos
Municipal website
Photos
https://www.facebook.com/prefeituraassai/photos/a.3617740601602374/3617736668269434
https://www.facebook.com/prefeituraassai/photos/4356992911010469
https://www.facebook.com/prefeituraassai/photos/4348642948512132
https://www.facebook.com/prefeituraassai/photos/4022091714500592
br-pr-as.gif
Image from the municipal website
https://assai.pr.gov.br/simbolos
Ivan Sache, 31 January 2022