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![[Flag of Rio Fortuna,
SC (Brazil)]](../images/b/br-sc-218.gif)
image by Dirk Schönberger, 29 July 2012
The municipality of Rio Fortuna (4,446 inhabitants in 2010; 30,032 ha) is
located 130 km south-west of Florianópolis.
Rio Fortuna was established
in 1872. Originally established in Encruzo, now part of Rio Fortuna's downtown,
the colonists subsequently settled São Maurício and Rio Bravo Baixo (1880), Rio
Café, Rio Pinto and Rio Branco (1898), Alto Rio Fortuna (1900), Rio Claro
(1914), Rio Chapéu (1920), Barra do Rio Chapéu (1920), Rio Facão (1920) and Rio
dos Bugres (1921).
The district of Rio Fortuna was established within the
municipality of Imaruí by Decree No. 789 issued on 15 April 1909, to be
transferred to Tubarão by Decree-Law No. 107 issued on 3 January 1921, and to
the new municipality of Braço do Norte by State Law No. 1,033 promulgated on 30
December 1953.
The municipality of Rio Fortuna was established by State Law
No. 348 promulgated on 21 June 1958.
Rio Fortuna is named for an event
that occurred during the survey of the region by the Empresa de Terras e
Colonização. A group of local hunters and land surveyors killed two tapirs,
which fell down to the unnamed river, which was named Glückfluss (German,
Fortune River), subsequently Rio Fortuna.
https://www.riofortuna.sc.gov.br/
Leis Municipais database
Ivan Sache, 5 November 2021
A blue flag with the municipal shield on a white disk in the centre.
Official website at
http://www.riofortuna.sc.gov.br
Dirk Schönberger, 29 July 2012
The flag of Rio Fortuna is prescribed by Municipal Law No. 298 promulgated
on 29 October 1979.
Article 1.
The municipal flag shall have the
following heraldic description: Formed by a blue field charged in the center
with a white circle inscribing the municipal coat of arms.
Article 2.
The features of the flag shall be as follows.
I - The format shall be 1.30 m
in length on 90 cm in width; the circle's circumference [diameter] shall be 47
cm.
https://leismunicipais.com.br/a/sc/r/rio-fortuna/lei-ordinaria/1979/30/298/lei-ordinaria-n-298-1979-dispoe-sobre-a-instituicao-da-bandeira-do-municipio
Leis Municipais database
The coat of arms of Rio Fortuna is
prescribed by Municipal Law No. 299 promulgated on 29 October 1979.
Iberian shield. In upper canton, stylized profiles of a pig and an ox on a
yellow field; in lower canton, crossed stylized axe and scythe on a yellow
field; in right and left cantons, stylized blue waves. On the shield's right
side, a green stylized maize plant. A yellow mural crown. "Rio Fortuna" on a
yellow scroll, with date "21-06-1958".
https://www.riofortuna.sc.gov.br/cms/pagina/ver/codMapaItem/27151
Municipal website
Photos
https://www.riofortuna.sc.gov.br/noticias/index/ver/codMapaItem/16188/codNoticia/499999
https://www.facebook.com/municipioderiofortuna/photos/4116922745094138
https://www.facebook.com/municipioderiofortuna/photos/4017907318329015
https://www.facebook.com/municipioderiofortuna/photos/2913632365423188
Ivan Sache, 5 November 2021