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![[Flag of
Araranguá, SC (Brazil)]](../images/b/br-sc-019.gif)
image by
Ivan Sache, 31 October 2021
The municipality of Araranguá (68,228 inhabitants in 2019; 30,330 ha) is
located 215 km south-west of Florianópolis.
The municipality was
established on 3 April 1880, separating from Laguna, and inaugurated in February
1883.
https://www.ararangua.sc.gov.br/
Municipal website
Ivan Sache, 31 October 2021
The flag of Araranguá is prescribed by Municipal Law No. 547 promulgated on
28 November 1972.
Article 1.
The flag of the municipality of Araranguá
is rectangular, charged in the center with the coat of arms of the municipality
and composed of the following colors: An upper, blue stripe, wider, representing
oceanic water that baths the shore; a lower, yellow stripe, of the same width as
the upper one, representing the beauty of the beaches; two inner stripes,
narrower than the outer ones, representing the integration of Araranguá in Santa
Catarina's developing progress.
https://leismunicipais.com.br/a/sc/a/ararangua/lei-ordinaria/1972/55/547/lei-ordinaria-n-547-1972-cria-a-bandeira-do-municipio
Leis Municipais database
The coat of arms of Araranguá is prescribed
by Municipal Law No. 512 promulgated on 3 November 1971.
Article 1.
The municipality's official symbol, or coat of arms, shall have the following
characteristics and writings.
a) A shield-shaped design.
b) Surmounting
the shield a four-towered mural crown representing the town and the county.
c) The shield placed above a a scroll inscribed "03-04-1980", the date of
elevation to a municipality of the old district part of Campinas.
d) Between
the scroll and the shield a representation of river Araranguá and of the marine
fauna.
e) As supporters a rice and a cassava plants, the basic products of
agriculture in the municipality.
f) A cogwheel with two chimneys representing
commerce and industry.
g) To separate the fields, two streets symbolizing the
town's name.
h) In the lower field, the sea and Morro dos Conventos,
representing tourism and Araranguá's origin.
https://leismunicipais.com.br/a/sc/a/ararangua/lei-ordinaria/1971/52/512/lei-ordinaria-n-512-1971-que-visa-adotar-como-simbolo-oficial-do-municipio-o-brasao-anexo
Leis Municipais database
Photo
https://www.ararangua.sc.gov.br/noticias/index/ver/codMapaItem/13848/codNoticia/546454
Ivan Sache, 31 October 2021