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2 February 2022
The municipality of Guamiranga (8,739 inhabitants in 2019; 24,480 ha) is
located 200 km west of Curitiba. The municipality is composed of the districts
of Guamiranga (seat), Água Branca and Vista.
Guamiranga was settled
around 1860 in Água Branca and Barreiro, two places located on the tropeiros'
roads. Colonized between 1890 and 1910 by Polish, Germans and Italians, the
place was originally known as Monjolinho.
The district of Natal was
established within the municipality of Imbituba, to be renamed to Guamiranga by
Decree-Law No. 99 promulgated on 30 December 1943. The municipality of
Guamiranga was established by State Law No. 11,203 promulgated on 16 November
1995 and inaugurated on 1 January 1997.
Guamiranga is named for a
Tupi-Guarani word meaning "a tree with small red leaves".
http://www.guamiranga.pr.gov.br/
Municipal website
The flag and arms
of Guamiranga are prescribed by Municipal Law No. 16 promulgated on 30 June
1997.
Article 3.
The flag of the municipality of Guamiranga was
designed by heraldist and vexillologist Reynaldo Valascki.
a) The rectangle
forming the municipal flag of Guamiranga is divided in five distinct parts.
1. Four irregular triangles and one lozenge, the upper part of the rectangle
blue and the lower one green, the third and fourth triangles yellow (or) at the
rectangle's left and right, the lozenge white (argent) and four white stripes
outlined in red (gules) that distinctively divide the rectangle.
The
municipal coat of arms is applied in the center of the rectangle.
Article
4.
The celestial blue (azure) irregular triangle in the rectangle's upper
part symbolizes infinite sky covering the territory of the municipality of
Guamiranga. as well as the color of the cloak of the Blessed Virgin protecting
Guamiranga's citizens. It also represents justice, nobleness, zeal, praise,
perseverance, sweetness, dignity, vigilance, perfection and incorruptible
firmness (Guelfi 64; Ascêncio 63; Roncheti 126).
The yellow (or) triangle at
the rectangle's left and right, beneath the blue triangle, represents the mining
and plant resources existing on Guamiranga's municipal territory.
The white
(argent) central lozenge and stripes symbolize peace, friendship, purity,
innocence, beauty, felicity, integrity, equity and truth.
The red (gules)
outline symbolizes devotion, authority, greatness, majesty and triumph (Roncheti
798; Ascêncio 66).
The green (vert) irregular triangle in the rectangle's
lower part symbolizes hope, felicity, the vast plains and rainforest, the vast
reforested areas and rural areas existing in Guamiranga's municipal territory.
The municipal coat of arms applied in the flag's center symbolizes the town as
the seat of the municipality of Guamiranga.
Article 17.
The coat of
arms of the municipality of Guamiranga, designed by heraldist and vexillologist
Reynaldo Valascki, is described in proper words as follows. The shield is in
Samnite style (France modern) preferred to represent the arms of Guamiranga, of
French origin and the first style of shield introduced to Portugal, used as a
reference to the colonizing race and main builder of the Brazilian nation.
a)
The mural crown surmounting it, white or gray (argent), has eight towers, three
visible in perspective view, which identifies a domain's coat of arms and
classifies a 3rd rank town, seat of a municipality.
b) Red (gules) symbolizes
audacity, intrepidity, gallantry, nobleness and command, which are the
attributes of the immigrants and colonists who, with courage and audacity, left
their motherland and settled here, in spite of adverse climatic and linguistic
conditions, to establish the foundations of a town that would become the
municipality of Guamiranga.
c) The municipal coat of arms is divided in six
quarters, an escutcheon and an irregular triangle featuring a handshake, in the
center a big chimney and two sinuous lines representing river Ribeira, as well
as the rivers and brooks that irrigate the rich soil of the municipality of
Guamiranga.
d) The escutcheon is charged with a book symbolizing the Bible,
the universal book of all religions, representing faith and the religious
feelings of people living in Guamiranga.
e) In the central irregular triangle
is featured a handshake, symbolizing the union of people living and working on
Guamiranga's territory.
f) The first, left quarter features branches of yerba
mate, a Paraná pine (Araucaria angustifolia), all green (vert),
symbolizing hope in Guamiranga's work and future.
g) In the second, right
quarter are featured a map, an inkpot, a pen, and a terrestrial globe all
proper, symbolizing education and culture in the municipality of Guamiranga.
h) In
the third, left quarter are portrayed two farmers growing and picking cereals.
i) The fourth quarter features a farmer driving a tractor, symbolizing the
municipality's rich agriculture, 90% of Guamiranga's lands being mechanized.
j) The fifth quarter features a vast green (vert) reforestation area, one of the
main sources of income of the municipality of Guamiranga.
k) The sixth
quarter features a bovine head and a pig head representing animal breeding in
the municipality.
l) A chimney divides the four quarters, symbolizing ceramic
industry existing on the territory of the municipality of Guamiranga.
m) The
shield is supported left (sinister) by maize and soybean plants proper and right
by wheat and bean plants; beneath the shield are featured two tobacco plants,
crops that symbolize the agricultural resources of the municipality of
Guamiranga.
n) Beneath the shield a cogwheel symbolizing industries existing
on the territory of the municipality of Guamiranga.
o) The celestial blue
(azure) scroll is inscribed with the toponym "Guamiranga" surrounded left
(sinister) with day, month and year "16-11-1995", the date of creation of the
municipality, and right (dexter) by day, month and year "01-01-1997", the date
of inauguration of the municipality's first mayor.
https://leismunicipais.com.br/a/pr/g/guamiranga/lei-ordinaria/1997/2/16/lei-ordinaria-n-16-1997-dispoe-sobre-a-forma-e-a-apresentacao-dos-simbolos-do-municipio-de-guamiranga-estado-do-parana
Leis Municipais database
Photo
https://www.facebook.com/cmguamiranga/photos/959508214250286
Video
https://www.facebook.com/cmguamiranga/videos/178513780847084
Ivan Sache, 2 February 2022