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image by Ivan Sache, 1 August
2020
The municipality of Nova Santa Rita (22,450 inhabitants in 2017; 21,787 ha)
is located 20 km north of Porto Alegre.
Nova Santa Rita was established
around a chapel erected on plot offered on 11 February 1884 by Justino Batista
and his wife, Rita Carolina Martins. The chapel was dedicated to St. Rita of
Cascia.
Elevated in the early 20th century as the 6th district of São
Sebastião do Caí, Nova Santa Rita was transferred on 28 June 1939 to the newly
established municipality of Canoas, as its 2nd district, with seat at Berto
Cirio.
After a failed attempt in 1987, the municipal emancipation was
accepted by 64% of the voters in a plebiscite organized on 10 November 1991. The
municipality of Nova Santa Rita was established by State Law No. 9,585
promulgated on 20 March 1992.
https://novasantarita.atende.net/
Municipal website
Ivan Sache,
1 August 2020
The flag and arms of Nova Santa Rita are prescribed by
Municipal Law No. 18 promulgated on 29 June 1993.
Article 3.
A shield
in Portuguese style, inherited by Brazilian heraldry, featuring dexter a sun or
on a sky azure, hills vert, separated from the shield's center by a river azure;
in the center, an image of St. Rita, patron of the municipality, argent and
sable, sinister an European bovine argent, melons vert and or, the helmet of
Mercury (a god of Greek mythology) and a cogwheel sable, superimposed with three
industrial chimneys and cement packs argent. The shield supported by two rice
plants vert and or tied by a scroll gules inscribed with the toponym "NOVA SANTA
RITA - 20.03.1992". The shield surmounted by a crown argent and gules.
Article 4.
Detailed description.
The shape of the coat of arms of the
municipality of Nova Santa Rita is based on Portuguese heraldry, the origin of
Brazilian heraldry, with a symbolism artistically elaborated with a mystic and
allegoric rigor in shapes and dimensions prescribed by usual heraldry. The
colors obey the following technical and codification: Or (gold) is a symbol of
force and wealth; azure (blue), of beauty; argent (silver), of history and
nobleness; gules (red) represents honor and justice; sable (black), prudence;
and vert, natural environment.
The coat of arms features dexter a sun or on a
sky azure, hills vert, representing novelty, rebirth, life, and the region's
topography; the fess wavy blue represents the rivers watering the municipal
territory. The image of St. Rita represents religious feeling and a tribute to
the town's patron saint and namesake. Sinister, the bovine represents expanding
cattle-breeding; the melons represent agriculture, Nova Santa Rita being the
state's first producer of melons. The cement packs are a reference to industry;
the cogwheel surmounted by Mercury's helmet, is a universal symbol of Industry
and Commerce.
The green outlines are a symbol of natural environment, crops
and agriculture in clear development.
The rice plants used as supporters are
basic products of the municipality's fields in clear development. The scroll
gules represents protection. The three-towered mural crown represents the three
powers, Executive, Legislative and Judiciary, and a town of third rank, seat of
a municipality.
Article 5.
The flag shall use the main colors of the
municipal flag in the following dimensions:
[...]
[No description of the
flag's design is given]
https://leismunicipais.com.br/a/rs/n/nova-santa-rita/lei-ordinaria/1993/2/18/lei-ordinaria-n-18-1993-institui-o-brasao-de-armas-e-a-bandeira-do-municipio-de-nova-santa-rita
Leis Municipais database
Not an easy guess, the flag is diagonally
divided blue-white-red by a broad white diagonal stripe running from the upper
hoist to the lower fly.
Photos
https://www.facebook.com/prefeituradenovasantarita/photos/a.347437872039812/2550494555067455/?type=3&theater
https://www.diariodecanoas.com.br/2017/09/noticias/regiao/2168618-milhares-de-pessoas-acompanham-o-desfile-civico-em-nova-santa-rita.html
https://www.correiodopovo.com.br/not%C3%ADcias/cidades/nova-santa-rita-terá-novo-centro-administrativo-1.344435
https://revistanews.com.br/2019/04/25/prefeitura-de-nova-santa-rita-reajusta-salario-do-funcionalismo-municipal/
https://www.facebook.com/prefeituradenovasantarita/photos/a.347437872039812/2443734245743487/?type=3&theater
Melon cultivation covers 85 ha in Nova Santa Rita, yielding every year 1,700
tons of fruit, that is, 20 t/ha. The most cultivated variety is Gaúcho melon,
planted in June to August and harvested in November and December. Cantaloupe
melon is also grown, with a later plantation (December and January) and a much
shorter development cycle, which allows harvesting 60 to 65 days after planting.
Most melon production is family-managed by 45 farmers; melons are sold to Porto
Alegre central market (Central de Abastecimento de Porto Alegre - CESAS- and to
supermarket networks.
http://www.asbraer.org.br/index.php/rede-de-noticias/item/1824-safra-de-melao-de-nova-santa-rita-apresenta-valorizacao
ASBRAER
Ivan Sache, 1 August 2020
