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The municipality of Garopaba (18,144 inhabitants in 2010; 11,467 ha) is
located 100 km south of Florianópolis.
Garopaba was first mentioned in
1525 when a naval expedition coming from A Coruña moored in Garopaba Bay.
Ivan Sache, 3 November 2021
The flag of Garopaba is prescribed by Municipal Law No. 196 promulgated on 5
October 1971.
Article 1.
The flag of the municipality of Garopaba
shall be rectangular, in proportions 2 units in width on 3 units in length.
§1. It shall be divided into four white and blue isosceles triangles.
§2. The
white triangle placed on the left and right sides and the blue triangles placed
on top and bottom shall be charged in the center with the coat of arms of the
municipality in full colors.
https://leismunicipais.com.br/a/sc/g/garopaba/lei-ordinaria/1971/20/196/lei-ordinaria-n-196-1971-aprova-a-bandeira-do-municipio-de-garopaba
Leis Municipais database
The coat of arms of Garopaba is prescribed
by Municipal Law No. 186 promulgated on 1 July 1971.
Article 1.
The
coat of arms of Garopaba, designed by citizen Wolfgang Ludwig Rau, shall have
the following characteristics.
1 - The coat of arms of the municipality of
Garopaba is composed of a modern shield with a mural crown, an external
allegory, and a surrounding stripe.
2 - The shield is divided in four fields
(quarters): two lateral, symmetrical, green and yellow; one central, triangular,
light pink; and one in the lower part, celestial blue.
3 - The celestial blue
field features a fish ("garoupa", "grouper"), symbolizing water resources, this
fish being a main source of income for the municipality. The fish also
symbolizes the people's Christian spirit.
4 - The central light pink field
features, on a triangle, an allegory of the municipality's landscape and
agricultural, commercial and industrial activities. They are represented,
respectively, by sugarcanes and rice panicles, Mercury's winged symbol, and a
mechanic cogwheel.
5 - The two lateral symmetric fields are concentrically
striped, alternating the national colors, green and yellow. Each one features a
flying seagull. They symbolize both the people's patriotic spirit and the
municipality's maritime condition. The seagulls also recall the amenities
offered by the beaches of the developing sea resort.
6 - The shield is
crowned by a six-towered golden wall representing the united and vigilant
municipality. A golden canoe in front of the wall refers to the origin of the
name of Garopaba, a corruption from Tupi "y-gara-pabe" meaning "the appearance
of canoes", "the port".
Two red five-pointed stars placed symmetrically
beneath the crown highlight the inhabitants' intelligence and willingness for
the control of instincts and elements.
7- The stripe surrounding the shield's
base, in the predominant colors of the Santa Catarina flag, is inscribed with
the municipality's name and date of emancipation.
8 - The external allegory,
placed between the surrounding stripe and the shield, provides multiple
references to the remote history and development of the region, whose
settlements originates in 1795, as a whaling base.
A Carijó native near a
tipití [press] used to process cassava flour recalls the numerous old
inhabitants, whose presence in Garopaba is widely documented by sambaquís [shell
heaps] and remains of indigenous stone and pottery workshops existing on the
municipality's seashore.
The Portuguese shield of Pero Lopes de Souza
[1497-1539] recalls that the region belonged to his Captaincy in the time of the
Treaty of Tordesillas [1494]. It also alludes to the notable Azorean
colonization of the Santa Caterina seashore.
The Christian cross recalls the
Jesuit fathers; the hat with large rim, the pioneers and colonizers; the iron
anchor, the seamen.
The bunch of war weapons recalls the presence in Garopaba
of Ragamuffins led by Lieutenant Colonel Joaquim Teixiera Nunes [1802-1844] in
1839, at the time of the Juliana Republic establishment in Laguna, whose coat of
arms is placed near the shield recalling the struggle for liberty.
The crown
and the liberty cap highlight the last century's political struggles between
Monarchists and Republicans.
Different fishing and famring tools symbolize
the main activities exerted by the population of Garopaba since the early ages.
https://leismunicipais.com.br/a/sc/g/garopaba/lei-ordinaria/1971/19/186/lei-ordinaria-n-186-1971-institui-o-brasao-do-municipio-de-garopaba-e-da-outras-providencias
Leis Municipais database
Ivan Sache, 3 November 2021
![[Garopaba, SC (Brazil)]](../images/b/br-sc-094.gif)
image by Dirk Schönberger,
10 June 2012
The variant shows a white square (not rectangle) in the centre.
