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image by
Dirk Schönberger, 3 September 2010
Source:
adapted from
http://cid-57cc02038c003794.office.live.com/self.aspx/.Documents
Diagonally divided on an ascending diagonal, deep yellow over green, the municipal arms in the upper hoist.
Official website at
http://www.santabarbara.mg.gov.br/
The flag was adapted from andregoth's
data at
http://cid-57cc02038c003794.office.live.com/self.aspx/.Documents. Another
flag is shown on the official site at
http://www.santabarbara.mg.gov.br/mat_vis.aspx?cd=6509
Dirk Schönberger,
3 September 2010
The website
shows the flag as green with a yellow-blue-yellow cross charged in the middle by
a white disk containing the municipal coat of
arms.
Oddly enough, the
written description under the image matches André's drawing, which must be the
true flag: "The flag of the Municipality of Santa Bárbara is made of a green and
yellow rectangle, symbolizing the local economy: green, symbolizing the forest
resources, and yellow, symbolizing mining. The coat of arms, on a yellow
background, is placed on the flag's left."
The flag is indeed divided
yellow-green by the ascending diagonal, with the municipal coat of arms in
canton.
Again, the written description of the coat of arms does not match
the image shown on the website but matches André's image. The coat of arms shows
a mining wagon on a railway crossing a forest, lit by a rising sun representing
the pioneers' spirit. The shield is surmounted by a mural crown and flanked by
two eucalyptus branches. The scroll under the shield bear the writing "1839-
SANTA BÁRBARA - 1839",
recalling that the "Vila" (Town) of Santa Bárbara was
erected on 16 March 1839 by Provincial Law No. 134.
Ivan Sache, 4
September 2010