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 image by Ivan Sache, 2 August 2020
 image by Ivan Sache, 2 August 2020
The municipality of Pinhal (2,616 inhabitants in 2017; 6,821 ha) is located 
350 km of Porto Alegre.
The municipality of Pinhal was established by State 
Law No. 8,577 promulgated on 29 April 1988.
Ivan Sache, 
2 August 2020
The flag of Pinhal is prescribed by Municipal Law No. 68 
promulgated in 18 December 1989.
Article 1.
The flag of the 
municipality of Pinhal shall have for official colors yellow, white and green. 
It shall feature a central white transversal stripe running from the lower left 
to the upper right upper corner, forming two triangles, one in the upper left 
part and the other in the flag's lower right part.
a) In the upper left part, 
a yellow triangle, representing wealth and light that illuminates and guides 
Pinhal's people.
b) In the center a white transversal stripe, where white is 
a symbol of peace, simplicity, unity and harmony of Pinhal's people. In the 
center of the stripe a brown circle representing a fertile soil, a mountainous 
regions and the union of the whole community. In the center of the brown circle, 
the coat of arms of the municipality as defined by Law.
c) In the lower right 
part, a green triangle representing plains, arable lands, liberty and the 
aspirations of Pinhal's people.
d) The arrangement of the green, yellow and 
white colors recalls the flag of Rio Grande do Sul, symbolizing the 
municipality's insertion in the state unity; as well, its basic colors, green, 
yellow and white, symbolize Pinhal's insertion in the Brazilian community.
Article 2.
The flag's features shall obey the following rules.
I. The 
flag's width is of 3 units, 2 yellow units and 1 white unit at hoist and 1 white 
unit and 2 white units at the opposite end.
II. The flag's length is of 4 
units, 3 yellow units and 1 white unit on top and 1 white unit and 3 gren unit 
on bottom.
III. The stripe's width shall be 1.3/8 units.
https://leismunicipais.com.br/a/rs/p/pinhal/lei-ordinaria/1989/7/68/lei-ordinaria-n-68-1989-institui-a-bandeira-como-simbolo-do-municipio 
Leis Municipais database
The very same flag is prescribed by companion 
Municipal Law No. 69 promulgated in 18 December 1989.
The Law adds that the 
flag was deigned by Carlos Alberto Taffarel and provides a color drawing of the 
flag as its Appendix, which is integral part of the Law.
https://leismunicipais.com.br/a/rs/p/pinhal/lei-ordinaria/1989/7/69/lei-ordinaria-n-69-1989-institui-a-bandeira-como-simbolo-do-municipio-de-pinhal 
Leis Municipais database
The coat of arms of Pinhal is prescribed by 
Municipal Law No. 23 promulgated in 31 May 1989.
Article 1.
A 
four-towered mural crown or (yellow). Vert (blue and green), containing: an 
electric pylone (black) symbolizing Cooperativa de Energia e Desenvolvimento 
Rural do Médio Uruguai Ltda. Creluz; a pig and a bovine (white) symbolizing 
cattle-breeding in the municipality; three araucarias (dark green), symbolizing 
the municipality's name - Pinhal.
Vert or green represents the plains, the 
arable lands, the resources and liberty; blue represents the sky, the nobleness 
and serenity of Pinhal's people. The shield surrounded left by a maize plant or 
with green leaves (yellow green), a bean pod or (yellow), right by a wheat plant 
or (yellow), three soybean pods or (yellow), characteristic of the 
municipality's agriculture. A scroll or (yellow) with the name and date of 
creation of the municipality of Pinhal.
https://leismunicipais.com.br/a/rs/p/pinhal/lei-ordinaria/1989/3/23/lei-ordinaria-n-23-1989-adota-o-brasao-municipal 
Leis Municipais database
Photo
https://www.pinhal.rs.leg.br/slider/d5f13018317277011dc33ba0f76c7df9.jpg 
Ivan Sache, 2 August 2020