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![[Flag of Itaúna do Sul, PR (Brazil)]](../images/b/br-pr-163.gif)
image by Ivan Sache, 3 February 2022 The municipality of Itaúna do Sul (3,585 inhabitants in 2010; 12,887 ha) is
located 600 km north-west of Curitiba.
The flag and arms of Itaúna do Sul
were designed by Washington Batista de Souza, then student at Colégio Estadual
Rui Barbosa, winner of a public contest organized with the Municipal Chamber.
The winner is now a civil engineer living in Campo Largo.
The municipal
flag is 125 cm in length on 85 cm in width. The white part is 95 cm in length,
the remaining part is blue. The right part features the Southern Cross, the
stars representing the town and its districts (seat, Placa Itaúna, São Paulo
Paraná, Zimaré, and Įgua da Abelha). The municipal coat of arms is placed on the
left, overlapping the two colored parts.
http://itaunadosul.pr.gov.br/index.php?sessao=b054603368ncb0&id=1721
Municipal website
The coat of arms of Itaúna do Sul is composed of a
Portuguese shield, featuring a Bible, to represent religion, in black, golden
yellow, white and red on a white field. In the other part, a brown mountain with
a golden yellow rising sun; a hoe and a hat, representing a farmer and
agriculture, the main source of income, on a green field. The hoe has brown
edges and a khaki handle, the hat is golden yellow. The shield supported on the
left by a maize plant with two cobs, in golden yellow and black, on the right by
a green branch of coffee with ten red berries.
http://itaunadosul.pr.gov.br/index.php?sessao=b054603368kcb0&id=1720
Municipal website
Image from the municipal website
http://itaunadosul.pr.gov.br/index.php?sessao=b054603368ncb0&id=1721
Ivan Sache, 3 February 2022