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image by Ivan Sache, 3 August
2020
The municipality of Putinga (4,417 inhabitants in 2010; 23,934 ha) is located
200 km of Porto Alegre.
Putinga was settled by Italian colonists around
1910. The town is named for a forest bamboo called "putingal" in Tupi-Guarani.
The municipality of Putinga was established by State Law No. 4,689 promulgated
on 26 December 1963.
http://www.putinga.rs.gov.br/
Municipal website
Ivan Sache,
2 August 2020
The flag of Putinga is white with the municipal coat of arms in the center
and three vertical narrow stripes at fly, green, yellow and white.
White
conveys a message of faith and peace.
Green represents aspiration to a better
future.
Red represents tenacity and commitment to work.
The coat of
arms of Putinga is surmounted by a three-pointed tower [a three-towered mural
crown] representing political independence. In the shield's upper part, a maize
plant on a field or, a tobacco plant on a green field, and a mate seedling on a
red field. in the lower part, the animals represent cattle-breeding.
http://www.putinga.rs.gov.br/cidade_historia
Municipal website
Photos
https://ecoregional.com.br/destaque/enevir-polese-assume-a-prefeitura-de-putinga
https://www.facebook.com/1568760140081330/photos/a.2244247522532585/2244247709199233/?type=3&theater
https://www.facebook.com/1568760140081330/photos/a.2131966130427392/2132881983669140/?type=3&theater
Ivan Sache, 2 August 2020