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![[Flag of Iguaraçu, PR (Brazil)]](../images/b/br-pr-145.gif)
image by Ivan Sache, 3 February 2022The municipality of Iguaraçu (4,440 inhabitants in 2020; 16,498 ha) is
located 450 km north-west of Curitiba.
Iguaraçu was settled in 1942 by
Joaquim Ferreira Leite, Paulo Naga and João Fernandes, who came from Paraná, São
Paulo and Minas Gerais. In 1946, João Batista and Antonio Escravinato acquired
more plots and built the first dwellings of the town.
The district of
Iguaraçu was established by State Law No. 1,542 promulgated on 14 December 1953,
to be elevated a municipality by State Law No. 2,505 promulgated on 22 November
1955, separating from Astorga. The municipality was inaugurated on 16 December
1956.
There is no consensus on the meaning of Iguaraçu in Tupi-Guarani,
either "a good place" or "profuse water".
http://www.iguaracu.pr.gov.br/
Municipal website
The flag of Iguaraçu is horizontally divided
blue-white-red with the municipal coat of arms in the center.
Photos
https://www.facebook.com/PrefeituraIguara/photos/862491400995264
https://www.facebook.com/PrefeituraIguara/photos/944463689464701
Ivan Sache, 3 February 2022