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 image by Ivan Sache, 4 August 2020
 image by Ivan Sache, 4 August 2020
The municipality of Santo Augusto (13,968 inhabitants; 46,802 ha) is located 
350 km north-west of Porto Alegre. The municipality is composed of the districts 
of Santo Augusto, Nossa Senhora de Fátima (est. by Municipal Law No. 1,271 
promulgated on 27 June 1996), Pedro Paiva (est. by Municipal Law No. 201 
promulgated on 31 August 1965), Rincão dos Paivas (est. by Municipal Law No. 
1,271 promulgated on 27 June 1996), and Santo Antônio (est. by Municipal Law No. 
10 promulgated on 1 April 1963).
Santo Augusto originates in the 
establishment in 1918 of a shop along the road connecting the Military Colony of 
Alto Uruguai to Ijuí and Catuípe. Santo Augusto was elevated to a district of 
Palmeira by Municipal Act No. 24 issued on 28 October 1928 and transferred to 
the newly established municipality of Três Passos by State Decree-Law No. 720 
promulgated on 29 December 1944.
The municipality of Santo Augusto was 
established by State Law No. 3,721 promulgated on 17 February 1959 and 
inaugurated on 30 May 1959.
http://santoaugusto.rs.gov.br/ 
Municipal website
Ivan Sache, 4 August 2020
The flag of Santo Augusto is prescribed by Municipal Law No. 563 promulgated 
on 6 May 1980.
Article 2.
The flag of Santa Augusto shall be white, 
red, yellow and green, white and yellow forming two trapezoids, with vertical 
lines connecting their inner and outer angles, respectively, red and green 
forming two scalene triangles with one side connecting to the upper and lower 
sides, respectively, representing:
a) White, peace and faith of the Santo 
Augusto community.
b) Red, the people's manpower and bravery.
c) Green, 
the greening fields and agriculture.
d) Yellow, the resources provided by the 
land through rural activities.
In the center of the white trapezoid, at the 
flag's outer end, shall be placed the coat of arms of the municipality.
Article 3.
The flag's features shall obey the following rules.
I. The 
flag's width shall be 12 units.
II. The flag's length shall be 18 units.
[...]
VII. In the center of the white trapezoid, the coat of arms of the 
municipality in full colors, 4 units in length on 5 units in width, distant of 1 
unit fro the flag's inner end and 3.5 units from the flag's upper and lower 
ends.
https://leismunicipais.com.br/a/rs/s/santo-augusto/lei-ordinaria/1980/57/563/lei-ordinaria-n-563-1980-institui-a-bandeira-como-simbolo-do-municipio-de-santo-augusto
Leis Municipais database
The coat of arms of Santo Augusto is 
prescribed by Municipal Law No. 347 promulgated on 9 October 1972.
Article 2.
A Portuguese shield, per fess, or, red (gules) and green. First 
sinister the Southern Cross gules, representing the sky, the municipal resources 
and Brazilian unity, the Southern Cross being the national symbol; second, gules 
a tractor in the center, representing the municipality's fertile soil and the 
title "Pérola Região Celeiro"; third, the municipality's green hills and river 
Turvo's waterfall argent, gushing forth water argent down to the shield's base.
The shield supported dexter by a wheat plant or and sinister by a soybean plant 
of the same.
A scroll gules inscribed in black "SANTO AUGUSTO DA REGIÃO 
CELEIRO", 30-05-59.
The shield surmounted by a four-towered mural crown 
argent, symbol of a "cidade" and of municipal autonomy.
https://leismunicipais.com.br/a/rs/s/santo-augusto/lei-ordinaria/1972/35/347/lei-ordinaria-n-347-1972-adota-o-simbolo-municipal-o-brasao
Leis Municipais database
Photos
https://www.facebook.com/SantoAugustoOficial/photos/a.2024640421096530/2651135451780354/?type=3&theater
https://www.facebook.com/SantoAugustoOficial/photos/a.2599328916961008/2599458303614736/?type=3&theater
https://www.facebook.com/SantoAugustoOficial/photos/a.2599328916961008/2599332086960691/?type=3&theater
Image from the municipal website
http://santoaugusto.rs.gov.br/brasao-e-bandeira/ 
Ivan Sache, 4 August 2020