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Xangri-lá, Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil)

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Xangri-lá, RS (Brazil) image by Dirk Schönberger, 6 May 2012
Source: http://cid-57cc02038c003794.office.live.com/self.aspx/.Documents


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Municipality

The municipality of Xangri-Lá (16,408 inhabitants in 2019; 6,080 ha) is located 130 km north-east of Porto Alegre.

The municipality is composed of nine sea resorts: Atlântida, Guará, Xangri-Lá, Praia dos Coqueiros, Marina, Maristela, Remanso, Arporador, Noiva do Mar and Rainha do Mar.
The municipality was established on 26 March 1992, separating from Capăo de Canoa.

Xangri-Lá is named for Shangri-La, the fictional place described in James Hilton's novel "Lost Paradise", published in 1933.

http://xangrila.rs.gov.br/
Municipal website

Ivan Sache, 8 August 2020


Symbols

A dark blue flag with 5 thin white wavy stripes across the bottom, a golden sun in splendour centred, and a ring of 11 white stars, leaving a gap in the ring toward the upper fly around the sun.

Official website at http://www.xangrila.rs.gov.br
Dirk Schönberger, 6 May 2012

The flag of Xangri-Lá is prescribed by Law No. 97 promulgated on 29 December 1993.

Article 1.
b) The flag shall have a blue background, which represents the sea, with waves argent for the sea and lagoons. The sun is the source of energy that impulses the municipality; it is surrounded by stars placed clockwise, representing, the bigger in the center, the municipality of Xangri-Lá, the other, Rainha do Mar and the other settlements.

https://leismunicipais.com.br/a/rs/x/xangri-la/lei-ordinaria/1993/10/97/lei-ordinaria-n-97-1993-institui-os-simbolos-municipais
Leis Municipais database

Photo
https://www.facebook.com/prefeituradexangrila/photos/a.255228581353657/255229848020197/?type=3&theater

Ivan Sache, 8 August 2020