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image by Ivan Sache, 6 August 2020
The municipality of Segredo (7,158 inhabitants in 2010; 24,774 ha) is located
250 km north-west of Porto Alegre. The municipality is composed of the districts
of Segredo (seat), Bela Vista, Vila Tamanduá and Serrinha Velha.
Segredo
[Secret] is named for the assassination of Abel Batista da Silva, a landowner
married with Maria Francisco da Silva, who was killed in February 1881 by his
employee Salvador Carvalho and a slave named Benjamin. The murderers threw the
body down to the neighboring stream; days later, fishers recovered a body from
the stream, which was not formally identified. The crime's mobile was never
elucidated, maybe a romance between Maria Francisca and Salvador.
The
district of Segredo was established within Sobradinho by Municipal Law No. 10
promulgated on 1 June 1956. The municipality of Segredo was established by
Municipal Law No. 9,002 promulgated on 11 January 1990, separating from
Sobradinho and Soledade.
https://www.segredo.rs.gov.br/
Municipal website
Ivan Sache, 6 August 2020
A white flag with municipal coat of arms centred.
Dirk Schönberger, 16 April 2012
The flag of Segredo is prescribed by Municipal Law No. 28 promulgated on 20
April 1989.
Article 1.
The flag of the municipality of Segredo is
characterized as follows.
- The flag is composed of the white color, in usual
shade.
- The flag is charged in the center with a white vertical ellipse
outlined in black featuring in the center the municipal coat of arms in full
colors.
- The coat of arms features in the center can be embroidered or
painted.
- The two sides of the flag should be exactly equivalent.
- The
width of the ellipse is 1 cm.
- The official dimensions of the municipal flag
shall be 2 m on 1.40 m.
https://leismunicipais.com.br/a/rs/s/segredo/lei-ordinaria/1989/3/28/lei-ordinaria-n-28-1989-institui-a-bandeira-como-simbolo-do-municipio
Leis Municipais database
The coat of arms of Segredo is prescribed by
Municipal Law No. 24 promulgated on 20 March 1989.
Article 1.
The coat
of arms of the municipality of Segredo is characterized as follows.
A
four-towered mural crown surmounting the shield as a universal symbol
representing greatness, glory and splendor of the Segredo's people.
On the
shield's sides crops of main significance: bean on the right, tobacco on the
left.
Beneath the shield a white scroll inscribed with the municipality's
name and date of political and administrative emancipation.
A handshake, a
sign of human presence, representing the union of the communities in the
struggle for emancipation. Also symbolizing peace, fraternity and hospitality.
A sun or representing the resources. Plowed soil representing most of the
municipal territory, charged with a monument honoring smallholders and the
Italian immigrants who were the first colonizers.
In the central part, stream
Segredo [Secret], the municipality's namesake, referring to a crime committed in
the neighborhood and the concealing of the body in the river's water.
Hills
with rainforest and vegetation, in green, meaning life, hope and prosperity.
Blue represents the infinte greatness of Segredo's people.
https://leismunicipais.com.br/a/rs/s/segredo/lei-ordinaria/1989/3/24/lei-ordinaria-n-24-1989-institui-o-brasao-como-simbolo-do-municipio-de-segredo-e-da-outras-providencias
Leis Municipais database
The flag is used without the ellipse around
the coat of arms.
Photos
https://www.facebook.com/2199108833673336/photos/a.2199323523651867/2318348918415993/?type=3&theater
https://www.facebook.com/2199108833673336/photos/a.2199323523651867/2279569828960569/?type=3&theater
https://radiogeracao.com.br/prefeitura-de-segredo-institui-o-programa-de-recuperacao-de-creditos/
Ivan Sache, 6 August 2020
