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Ivan Sache,
7 February 2022
The municipality of Rio Bonito de Iguaçu (13,255 inhabitants in 2020; 68,141 ha)
is located 400 km west of Curitiba.
Rio Bonito do Iguaçu was part of the
short-lived Iguaçu Federal Territory (1943-1946), whose capital was Laranjeiras
do Sul. The district of Rio Bonito de Iguaçu was established by Law No. 19
promulgated on 30 November 1953. The Council for the Community Development of
Rio Bonito, established in 1986, campaigned for municipal emancipation, which
was granted by State Law No. 9,222 promulgated on 3 April 1990. The municipality
was inaugurated on 1 January 1993.
http://www.riobonito.pr.gov.br/
Municipal website
The flag and arms of Rio Bonito do Iguaçu are
prescribed by Municipal Law No. 376 promulgated on 11 June 2002.
Article
3.
The flag of the municipality presents the characteristics, as described
and symbolized in Appendix II of this Law.
Appendix I.
The coat of
arms is in Portuguese classic format. Its Portuguese origin dates back to the
struggles between the Portuguese and the Moors. The shield's style was inherited
from domains' heraldry as evocative of the colonizing race and main builder of
the nation.
The mural crown that surmounts the coat of arms is composed of
eight towers, only five of them visible with five red (gules) windows. The
yellow (gold) crown is the universal domains' symbol, which classifies a town of
3rd rank, that is, the seat of a municipality. The red openings symbolizes
heraldic law and is consistent with the attributes of pioneers, pathfinders and
community leaders.
The coat of arms has its field divided into seven
quarters.
1. The first, upper left quarter features beautiful green
forests, a road and the beginning of reforestation, as the Municipality is the
"Symbol of Ecology" among Paraná's municipalities. The green color (vert)
symbolizes civility, victory, abundance and hope.
2. The upper right quarter
features a map of Paraná, a terrestrial globe, a book, a dyer and a pen,
symbolizing the education and culture of Rio Bonito do Iguaçu's people.
3. At
the top of the shield, an escutcheon features a statue of St. Anthony, patron
saint of the municipality.
4. Below the upper quarters are two sinuous lines,
which symbolize rivers Iguaçu, Bonito, Xagú, Tamanduá, Das Cobras, Crim, Branco,
Barra Mansa and Leão, all of which irrigate the rich lands of the municipal
territory.
5. The lower left part features a colonist on a tractor preparing
the soil for cultivation, symbolizing agriculture, as the municipality is
extremely rural.
6. The lower right side quarter features an ox and a pig's
head, symbolizing the livestock existing in the municipality.
7. At the very
bottom, an irregular triangle features a handshake symbolizing the union of
people that inhabit the territory of Rio Bonito do Iguaçu.
8. The shield is
supported on the left by a maize stalk and a bean stalk and right by a tobacco
plant, and on the right by a soybean plant and a wheat plant below a yerba mate
branch, all in bright colors, symbolizing the main agricultural products of the
municipality (basis of its economy).
9. Right below the shield, supported by
the scroll, is the Salto Santiago hydroelectric power plant, one of the energy
supplying forces for the state and the municipality.
10. The red (gules)
scroll is inscribed with the toponym "Rio Bonito do Iguaçu" surrounded on its
left by the inscription "19-03-1992", day, month and year of creation of the
municipality, and on its right by the inscription "01-01 -1993", day, month and
year of its inauguration.
Appendix II.
1. The colors of the flag are
green, white, blue, yellow, brown and black.
2. The flag has two outer green
stripes and one inner white stripe, all with the same dimension, the green
stripes symbolizing the vast area of preservation of rainforest and the white
one symbolizing peace.
3. In the center is a sphere formed by four triangles.
4. The first, left triangle features a maize and a bean plant, which symbolize
the municipality's crops and main spruce of income.
5. The right triangle
features a tree that symbolizes the existing forests in the municipality.
6.
The upper triangle bears the name of the municipality, "Rio Bonito do Iguaçu",
on yellow that symbolizes the sun, and five yellow stars, four of which are
small, symbolizing the four administrative districts of the Municipality - Campo
do Bugre, Linha Rosa, Pinhalzinho and Ireno Alves dos Santos - , and the largest
one symbolizing the seat of the municipality.
7. The lower triangle
symbolizes the waters of river Alagado and the Salto Santiago Plant, a great
source of electricity for the state and the municipality.
https://leismunicipais.com.br/a/pr/r/rio-bonito-do-iguacu/lei-ordinaria/2002/38/376/lei-ordinaria-n-376-2002-institui-o-brasao-de-armas-e-a-bandeira-do-municipio-de-rio-bonito-do-iguacu-e-da-outras-providencias?q=bandeira
Leis Municipais database
Photo
https://www.facebook.com/prefeiturariobonitodoiguacu/photos/246167394184543
Ivan Sache, 7 February 2022
