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The municipality of Garruchos (2,924 inhabitants in 2019; 80,373 ha) is
located on the border with Argentina, here the Uruguai River.
Garruchos
was established on 18 February 1891, as Vila de Santa Barbara de Garruchos, by
the Municipal Chamber of São Borja. It is reported that Manoel Baptista da Silva
and his wife, Guiomar Pacheco da Silva, celebrated the proclamation of the
Republic on 15 November 1889 by offering a plot to create a new settlement.
Garruchos is named for the "garrucho", a forked lance allegedly used for
hunting by the Garrucho natives and adopted by the Gaúchos to manage cattle -
some say that the name Gaúcho was derived from Garrucho.
https://www.garruchos.rs.gov.br/
Municipal website
Ivan Sache, 18 July 2020
The symbols of Garruchos are prescribed by Municipal Law No. 25 promulgated
on 23 April 1993.
Article 9.
The coat of arms of the municipality of
Garruchas, designed by the vexillologist and heraldist Lauro Ribeiro Escobar,
is: An Iberian shield or a patriarchal cross and a lion rampant the two purpure
in base a fess wavy azure. The shield surmounted by an eight-towered mural crown
argent ports sable. The shield supported dexter by a soldier of the Brazilian
Army from the early years of the Republic, holding a rife, and sinister by a
Gaúcho in traditional costume, holding a "garrucho". A scroll or inscribed with
the toponym "GARRUCHOS" in letters purpure.
Article 10.
The coat of
arms has the following meaning:
I. The Iberian shield was used in Portugal at
the time of discovery of Brazil; its adoption evokes the first colonists and
builders of the homeland.
II. Or indicates wealth, glory, nobleness, power,
force, faith and prosperity, which are the inhabitant's attributes and final
goals, attained through constant work.
III. The patriarchal, missionary cross
emphasizes the municipality's geographical location and the related historical
episodes, as well as the inhabitant's deep Christian faith.
IV. The lion
rampant is the heraldic emblem of force, greatness, courage, magnanimity,
nobleness and vigilance, being the noblest heraldic animal, recalling the
attributes of the pioneers who settled the region. Purpure recalls the Silva
lineage, evoking Manoel Baptista da Silva and his wife, Guiomar Pacheco Baptista,
factors of permanent settlement of the town of Santa Bárbara de Garruchos
through the donation in 1889 of the plot where the town would be created two
years later by an Act issued on 18 February 1891 by the municipality of São
Borja.
V. Purpure is a symbol of temperance, devotion, nobleness, greatness,
gravity, dignity, authority, liberty and abundance, which are the reference
attributes of the administrators and inhabitants and their everyday's work,
which offers prosperity to the municipality.
VI. The fess wavy azure (blue)
represents in heraldry a watercourse, demonstrating on the coat of arms of
Garruchos that the municipality has huge water resources, rivers Uruguay,
Piratinim and Piraju, which, together with their tributaries, irrigate the
outstanding fields. Blue (azure) is a symbol of justice, beauty, sweetness,
perseverance, zeal and loyalty.
VII. The mural crown is a symbol of political
emancipation; argent, with eight towers, eight visible, it identifies a town.
The open gates sable (black) proclaim the people's hospitality.
VIII. The
soldier wearing the uniform of the Brazilian Army in the early years of the
Republic, evokes an historical episode: a soldier, fallen ill, was left in the
care of his brother; they both constituted a family, which was the root of the
region's settlement. Sinister the Gaúcho in traditional costume evokes the
custody of the vast herds that characterize Rio Grande do Sul, representing a
traditionalist impulse well preserved in the municipality; he holds a "garrucho",
a tool used to manage cattle, which is the municipality's namesake.
IX. On a
scroll or, in letters purpure, the toponym "GARRUCHOS" identifies the
municipality.
Article 14.
The flag of the municipality of Garruchas,
designed by the vexillologist and heraldist Lauro Ribeiro Escobar, is:
Rectangular, yellow, with a purple patriarchal cross, centered, surrounded by
two "garruchos" argent.
https://leismunicipais.com.br/a/rs/g/garruchos/lei-ordinaria/1993/3/25/lei-ordinaria-n-25-1993-dispoe-sobre-a-instituicao-a-forma-e-a-apresentacao-dos-simbolos-do-municipio-de-garruchos-e-da-providencias-correlatas
Leis Municipais database
The flag in actual use is yellow with the
municipal coat of arms, sometimes inscribed in a white disc:
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