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![[Flag of
Chapecó, SC (Brazil)]](../images/b/br-sc-067.gif)
image by Ivan Sache,
2 November 2021
The municipality of Chapecó (220,367 inhabitants in 2019, therefore the 5th most populated municipality in the state; 62,601 ha) is located on the border with Rio Grande do Sul, 550 km west of Florianópolis. The municipality is composed of the town of Chapecó (seat, divided in 50 boroughs) and of the districts of Alto da Serra, Marechal Bormann, Goio-ên and Figueira.
Ivan Sache, 2 November 2021
The flag of Chapecó was designed by Sônia Santos. The coat of arms was
designed by Lauro Sant’Anna and Homero M. Franco. The designs were selected in a
public contest organized by the municipality in 1973.
The coat of arms is
composed of a shield surmounted by a four-towered fortification, representing
the municipal institution. The charges of the shield represent three components:
Chapecó's early history, rationale as a municipality, and futre affirmation, the
whole tenderly surrounded by roses.
The four fields are separated by a
perpendicular stripe running from the shield's left to its right, composed of
blue and light blue smooth curves symbolizing water. The fields are either
white, representing peace and hope, or green, representing agricultural
production.
The shield features the Southern Cross, representing the
Cross, faith and religious feeling, the five stars being distributed in
strategic places.
In the upper left part, the main star rises above a hill
and green furrows, symbolizing the colonization's principle. Above the hill, in
the firmament, a pair of clouds symbolizes the mild, subtropical climate enjoyed
by the inhabitants.
In the lower left quarter, a Brazilian pine, the original
cause of colonization by white men. The two joint pines form the world symbol of
Cooperation. The star partially concealed by the pine's canopy symbolizes timber
extraction, an industry that belonged to the past and progressively disappears.
In the lower right quarter, the shining star symbolizes agriculture, gathering
and cropping, which were the base of everything in the past.
In the upper
right part, transformation industry is symbolized by a cogwheel, a chimney and a
typical industrial building; here the star shines brightly while the chimney's
smoke leads to the future. The cogwheel has 17 cogs, as a tribute to year zero
of the existence of the municipality of Chapecó.
The cross' central star is
placed on the division between past and future, as the physical center of all
epochs and also the symbolic spiritual center.
The shield is surrounded
by roses, left with flowers indicating that past is immortalized by its perfume,
right with buds indicating a stock of future roses for Chapecó.
Beneath the
shield, a red scroll inscribed "Chapecó 25/08/17", the date of creation of the
municipality.
https://www.chapeco.sc.gov.br/cultura/index.php?r=conteudo&idconteudo=29
Municipal website
The flag is vertically divided green-white-green with
the municipal coat of arms placed in the white stripe and a narrow white
vertical stripe added at fly. The respective proportions of the vertical stripes
are subjected to several variations.
Photo
http://www.diariodoiguacu.com.br/colunas/detalhes/cavalgada-do-centenrio-chapec-a-florianpolis-5761
https://www.facebook.com/prefeituradechapeco/photos/a.159712850778684/2566041773479101/?type=3&theater
https://www.facebook.com/prefeituradechapeco/photos/a.2498805413536071/2498805586869387/?type=3&theater
https://www.facebook.com/prefeituradechapeco/photos/a.2498805413536071/2498811446868801/?type=3&theater
https://www.facebook.com/prefeituradechapeco/photos/a.159712850778684/2473149299435016/?type=3&theater
https://www.facebook.com/prefeituradechapeco/photos/a.159712850778684/1978422642241020/?type=3&theater
https://www.facebook.com/prefeituradechapeco/photos/a.159712850778684/1932531943496757/?type=3&theater
https://www.facebook.com/prefeituradechapeco/photos/a.1433315336751756/1433316343418322/?type=3&theater
https://www.facebook.com/prefeituradechapeco/photos/a.159712850778684/1079607752122518/?type=3&theater
https://www.facebook.com/prefeituradechapeco/photos/a.159712850778684/977905112292783/?type=3&theater
Ivan Sache,
2 November 2021
![[Flag of
Chapecó, SC (Brazil)]](../images/b/br-sc-067a.gif)
image by Ivan Sache,
2 November 2021
On a particular copy of the flag, the coat of arms is inscribed in a green
circumference.
Photo
https://www.facebook.com/prefeituradechapeco/photos/a.2498805413536071/2498808070202472/?type=3&theater
Ivan Sache, 2 November 2021