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2 February 2022 The municipality of Formosa do Oeste (7,541 inhabitants in 2010; 27,571 ha)
is located 580 km west of Curitiba.
Formosa do Oeste was established on 3
March 1960 by Sociedade Imobiliária Noroeste do Paraná Ltda (SINOP), a company
based in Maringá, in a vast territory known as Gleba Rio Verde. The day of the
celebration of the first mass by Father Sebaldo Brukel is the town's official
day of foundation.
The planning of the new town was designed by Enio Pepino,
who argued that local soil was among Brazil's most fertile arable land, to be
compared with Ukraine; Pepino pushed a model of development involving
smallholder's estates rather than big properties.
The town's name was coined
by Mrs. Nilza de Oliveira Pipino; when visiting the place, she was amazed by the
dense forest and fertile soil, naming it "a beauty" ("formosura"). "do Oeste"
refers to the location of the place in Western ("Oeste") Paraná.
The
municipality of Formosa do Oeste was established by State Law No. 4,382
promulgated on 10 June 1961, separating from Cascavel, and inaugurated on 8
December 1961.
https://formosadooeste.pr.gov.br/
Municipal website
The flag and arms of Formosa do Oeste are prescribed by Municipal Law
(number and date of promulgation not available).
Article 6.
The flag
of Formosa do Oeste, designed by heraldist and vexillologist Lauro Ribeiro
Escobar, is described as follows: Rectangular, blue with a white cross, the
arms' intersection concealed by a white lozenge charged with the coat of arms
prescribed in Article 19.
The cross' arms are 3 units in width, the median of
the vertical arm being located 7 units from the hoist. The lozenge is 12 units
in width and the coat of arms 7 units in width.
Article 7.
In
compliance with heraldic rules, the municipal flag shall have the official
dimensions prescribed for the national flag, 14 units in width on 20 units in
length.
Article 19.
The coat of arms of the municipality of Formosa do
Oeste, designed by heraldist and vexillologist Lauro Ribeiro Escobar, is
described as follows: Iberian shield lozengy azure and argent a pallet argent
charged with a Greek cross gules orled with 12 acorns or fimbriated vert. The
shield surmounted by a mural crown with eight towers argent and ports gules, and
supported dexter by a coffee branch and sinister by a cotton plant in base
soybean plants all leaved and fructed proper. Beneath the shield a scroll azure
inscribed argent with the toponym "Formosa do Oeste" between dates "8-12" dexter
and "1961" sinister.
The coat of arms has the following interpretation.
a) The Iberian shield was used in Portugal at the time of the discovery of
Brazil; its adoption evokes the early colonists and builders of the nation.
b) The lozengy field has for heraldic meaning the praise of memorable facts and
actions; it also represents plot delimitation in the region by Sociedade
Imobiliária Noroeste do Paraná (SINOP), at the origin of the municipality and
the starting point of the region's unstoppable progress.
c) Azure (blue) is
the heraldic symbol of beauty ["formosura"] and sweetness, also of justice,
nobleness, dignity, glory, virtue, incorruptible firmness, zeal and loyalty;
argent is also an emblem of beauty, and also of felicity, temperance, truth,
frankness, integrity and friendship. The two colors allude to the toponym
"FORMOSA", to which "DO OESTE" was subsequently added, making the arms canting.
They are also a tribute to the administrators and citizens and their loyal
relations that contribute to the municipality's swift progress.
d) The pallet
is a first order charge; the Greek cross (with arms of equal length) gules with
12 acorns is a charge from the arms of the Bulhão family, recalling Fernando
Martins Bulhão, who abandoned glory to dedicate himself to the service of God,
being subsequently known as St. Anthony of Lisbon, the municipality's patron
saint.
e) The mural crown is a symbol of political emancipation. Argent with
eight towers, only four of them visible, it classifies the seat of a country.
The gates proclaim hospitality offered by Formosa do Oeste's people; gules (red)
indicates in Brazil law and order, meaning "Justice is exerted between these
gates".
f) Coffee, cotton and soybean allude to the fertility of Formosa do
Oeste's generous soil, being important crops and main sources of income for the
municipality.
g) On the scroll, the toponym identifies the municipality,
while the date represents the day, month and year of inauguration of the
municipality.
https://formosadooeste.pr.gov.br/uploads/pagina/arquivos/formosa-historia-geral_.pdf
Municipal website
Photo
https://www.facebook.com/Prefeitura-Municipal-de-Formosa-do-Oeste-Pr-692731431164427/photos/1071754073262159
Ivan Sache, 2 February 2022
![[Flag of Formosa do Oeste, PR (Brazil)]](../images/b/br-pr-120a.gif)
image by Ivan Sache,
2 February 2022
The flag is also used with the cross broader and centered, and the lozenge
longer than wide.
Photo
https://www.facebook.com/Prefeitura-Municipal-de-Formosa-do-Oeste-Pr-692731431164427/photos/708890196215217
Ivan Sache, 2 February 2022
