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image by Dirk Schönberger, 19 July 2012
The municipality of Penha (32,531 inhabitants in 2019; 5,878 ha) is located
100 km north of Florianópolis.
Penha emerged around the chapel dedicated
to St. John the Baptist established on 27 April 1759 in the Itapocoroy whale
fishery. In February 1777, the fishery was re-settled by Azorean whalers
expelled from Santa Catarina Island by the Spaniards.
The municipality of
Penha was established on 21 June 1958, separating from Itajaí, and inaugurated
on 19 June 1958.
Penha is Santa Catarina's municipality with the biggest
number of beaches (19). It is also famous as home of Beto Carrero World, a theme
park, deemed the biggest in South America, inaugurated in 1991 by the
entertainer Beto Carrero (1937-2008).
https://www.penha.sc.gov.br/
Muniicpal website
Ivan Sache, 5 November 2021
A horizontal tricolour, red-white-blue, 1-2-1, with the municipal arms in the centre.
Official website at
http://www.penha.sc.gov.br
Dirk Schönberger, 19 July 2012
The flag of Penha is prescribed by Municipal Law No. 1,730 promulgated on 30
June 2000.
Article 1.
The municipal flag of Penha has four colors:
scarlet red (in the upper stripe), white (in the central stripe), and celestial
blue (in the lower stripe), with a representation of the coat of arms of the
municipality prescribed by Law No. 145 promulgated on 26 June 1968.
Blue
represents the cloak of the municipality's patron saint (Our Lady of Penha); red
and white represent the Day of the Divine Holy Spirit, alluding to the ribbons
and the dove, respectively.
Article 2.
The dimensions of the municipal
flag shall have the following measurements: 1.35 m in length on 0.95 m in width,
the red stripe 0.25 m, the white stripe 0.45 m, and the blue stripe 0.25 m.
The coat of arms shall be centered on the white stripe, inscribed in a
quadrangular space of 0.32 m in length on 0.39 m in width.
https://leismunicipais.com.br/a/sc/p/penha/lei-ordinaria/2000/173/1730/lei-ordinaria-n-1730-2000-cria-a-bandeira-municipal-de-penha
Leis Municipais database
The coat of arms of Penha is prescribed by
Municipal Law No. 145 promulgated on 26 June 1968.
Article 1.
The coat
of arms of the municipality of Penha consists in the municipality's patron saint
and main productions.
https://leismunicipais.com.br/a/sc/p/penha/lei-ordinaria/1968/14/145/lei-ordinaria-n-145-1968-cria-brasao-do-municipio
Leis Municipais database
Ivan Sache, 5 November 2021
