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São José do Hortêncio, Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil)

Last modified: 2020-08-08 by ian macdonald
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São José do Hortêncio, RS (Brazil) image by Dirk Schönberger, 31 March 2012
Source: http://www.saojosedohortencio.rs.gov.br/novo/simbolos.php


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Municipality

The municipality of São José do Hortêncio (4,201 inhabitants in 2012; 6,369 ha) is located 70 km of Porto Alegre.

São José do Hortêncio is named for its patron saint, St. Joseph, and Hortêncio Leite, who owned plots located on the road of access to the municipality. The town was first settled in 1826, as an "old colony", by German immigrants.
The municipality of São José do Hortêncio was established by State Law No. 8,576 promulgated on 29 April 1988.

http://www.saojosedohortencio.rs.gov.br/
Municipal website

Ivan Sache, 5 August 2020


Symbols

A rising north-south diagonal tricolour, green-yellow-blue celeste, bearing the municipal arms in the centre on a white disk.
Dirk Schönberger, 31 March 2012

The flag and arms of São José do Hortêncio are prescribed by Municipal Law No. 124 promulgated on 24 April 1991.
The symbols are not described in the Law but in the [unavailable] Appendices.

Ivan Sache, 5 August 2020