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18 September 2011The municipality of Quatro Pontes (3,803 inhabitants in 2010; 11,439 ha) is
located i500 km west of Curitiba. According to its Human Development Index
(0.851), Quatro Pontes is the third most developed town in Paraná. On 20
September 2010, a grandstand collapsed during a car race organized in Quatro
Pontes, injuring more than 100 spectators.
Quatro Pontes was established
in the 1950s by Toledo-based Industrial Madeireira Colonizadora Rio Paraná - S/A
Maripá, which promoted colonization to exploit timber resources. In 1945, the
company purchased property rights from the English Madera del Alto Paraná
company and established colonists from Rio Grande do Sul and Santa Catarina,
mostly of German (90% of the today's inhabitants are of German origin) and
Italian origin.
Quatro Pontes was established by Municipal Law No. 31
promulgated on 31 July 1962 as one of the nine districts of the newly formed
municipality of Marechal Cândido Rondon. In the 1970s, agriculture was
mechanized and soybean, associated with maize and wheat, superseded coffee as
the local main crop; no longer suitable, the 25-ha plots originally allocated to
the first settlers were grouped in bigger estates, causing the exile of
smallholders to Paraguay, Mato Grosso and Rondônia.
The municipality of
Quatro Pontes was established by State Law No. 9,368 promulgated on 13 September
1990 and inaugurated on 1 January 1993.
https://www.quatropontes.pr.gov.br
Municipal website
The flag of Quatro Pontes is prescribed by
Municipal Law No. 36 promulgated on 10 September 1993.
Article 2.
The
municipal flag of Quatro Pontes was designed by Ms. Clarice Anna de Souza,
member of the local community, through a public contest promoted by the
municipal administration.
Article 3.
The adaptation of the municipal
flag was carried out, in accordance with heraldry, by heraldist and
vexillologist Reynaldo Valascki.
Article 4.
The flag of the
municipality of Quatro Pontes shall be rectangular, in proportions 14 units in
width on 20 units in length, pursuant to Article 5 of Law No. 5,700 promulgated
on 1 January 1971, with the following characteristics.
a) The flag is divided
in three parts, in blue, white and red colors.
b) The blue triangle
symbolizes the infinite sky that covers the quarters of the municipality and the
serenity of people.
c) The white transverse stripe symbolizes work, peace,
union and religious spirit.
d) The transverse band is intersected by a circle
featuring:
- A tractor representing agriculture.
- Two stars, the largest
representing the state of Paraná and the smallest the municipality, which
through many struggles conquered its space.
- A chimney, representing the
existing industries and those that are about to be installed.
- Plants
symbolizing the municipality's main crops.
- A book represents education,
culture and religious beliefs.
- Green symbolizes the forests and meadows
existing in the municipality.
- Yellow symbolizes resources.
- Red
symbolizes the courage, struggle, the pioneers' work and patriotic love.
e)
The red triangle symbolizes courage, struggle, and the pioneers' work.
https://leismunicipais.com.br/a/pr/q/quatro-pontes/lei-ordinaria/1993/4/36/lei-ordinaria-n-36-1993-dispoe-sobre-o-simbolo-municipal-e-da-outras-providencias
Leis Municipais database
Photos
https://www.facebook.com/CamaraMunicipaldeQuatroPontes/photos/1864090457091400
https://www.facebook.com/CamaraMunicipaldeQuatroPontes/photos/1934898930010552
https://www.facebook.com/CamaraMunicipaldeQuatroPontes/photos/1419016381598812
https://www.facebook.com/CamaraMunicipaldeQuatroPontes/photos/662288610604930
https://www.facebook.com/CamaraMunicipaldeQuatroPontes/photos/561259267374532
Ivan Sache, 7 February 2022
