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image by Ivan Sache, 6 August 2020
The municipality of Sinimbu (10,847 inhabitants in 2017; 51,010 ha) is
located 170 km of Porto Alegre.
Sinimbu was allegedly named for the
Tupi-Guarani name of a bird species, but there is no record of the presence of
such a bird in Sinimbu. Another explanation says that the place's name was
coined by a native, for a word meaning "Bush Lizard". Afonso Pedro Mabilde, once
director of the colony, stated that there was no native there but those crossing
the territory when heading to the uplands. The most probable etymology refers to
João Lino Vieira Cansanção de Sinimbu, President of the Province of São Pedro do
Rio Grande do Sul, who pushed the colonization of "linhas" Sinimbu, São João da
Serra, Dona Josefa and Andréas.
Sinimbu was first settled in the middle
of the 19th century by João Backes. Plots were designed in 1878 by Carlos Trein
Filho. The district of Sinimbu was established in 1905 within Santa Cruz do Sul.
The municipality of Sinimbu was established on 20 March 1992.
https://www.sinimbu.rs.gov.br/
Municipality website
Ivan Sache, 6 August 2020
A green-white-green ascending diagonal triband, with the fields bordered in
blue and the municipal coat of arms in the centre.
Dirk Schönberger, 19 April 2012
The flag of the municipality shall have official colors blue, white and
green, diagonally divided by two blue stripes forming two green triangles and a
white central part, representing:
- Blue, the beauty of the water and of the
sky;
- White, fraternity and faith;
- Green, the soil's fertility and
economic progress represented by agriculture.
The coat of arms of the
municipality obeys the following design and description.
A German shield
divided by a blue wavy bend sinister, representing the waterways, especially
river Pardinho with its waterfalls, a river of great beauty that crosses the
municipality and forms a place of leisure and attraction for the region's
inhabitants.
Dexter to the bend sinister wavy is featured a red and yellow
sun over mountains and green fields, symbolizing life's rejuvenation and
people's aspiration to a flourishing new municipality.
In the dexter field, a
plow or symbolizing the municipality's origin, originally inhabited by colonists
who settled there and developed agriculture; a book symbolizing the constant
search for education and knowledge required for development, characterized by a
great number a schools in the municipality; a cogwheel, representing industry
and its great potential for the region.
Sinister to the bend, on a white
field, the German coat of arms crossed by two lances topped by standards with
the colors of Rio Grande do Sul, representing the German origin of a great
proportion of its inhabitants and the preservation of their traditions through
groups of folk dances and choirs, as well as the cultivation of Gaúcha
tradition, highlighted by the lances with standards, also representing also the
people who colonized the region.
Right and left of the shield are tobacco
flowers and leaves and maize leaves and cobs, green and or, symbolizing
agriculture, mainly practiced by smallholders, a source of income and work,
forming one of the pillars of the municipality's economy.
The shield is
surmounted by the Catholic and Evangelic churches, representing the people's
religion, founding daily struggle and supplying force to defeat obstacles.
https://www.sinimbu.rs.gov.br/Pages/39002/simbolos
Municipal website
Photos
http://www.gaz.com.br/conteudos/regional/2020/04/30/165091-carnes_do_iptu_2020_serao_entregues_nas_residencias_de_sinimbu.html.php
https://www.facebook.com/sinimbuoficial/photos/a.239385213211567/718519705298113/?type=3&theater
https://www.facebook.com/sinimbuoficial/photos/a.239385213211567/687432618406822/?type=3&theater
https://www.facebook.com/sinimbuoficial/photos/a.239385213211567/666686267148124/?type=3&theater
Ivan Sache, 6 August 2020