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Araquari, Santa Catarina (Brazil)

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The municipality of Araquari (24,810 inhabitants in 2010; 38,417 ha) is located 170 km north of Florianópolis.

Araquari was explored some 40 years after the European discovery of Brazil. Álvaro Nunes Cabeza de Vaca sent an expedition composed of 250 men, 40 horses, slaves, and a group of natives christened by the Jesuits. After one month of voyage, they reached a place they called Paranaguá Mirim (in Tupi-Guarani, "a small cove"), subsequently renamed to Paraty.
The first Portuguese pioneers settled the area in 1658 but the town was actually established only in 1848 by Manoel Vieira and Joaquim de Rocha Coutinho. The two founders, disagreeing on the place where to establish the new colony, required arbitration by the judge of the county of São Francisco. Rocha Coutinho's choice was validated, so that the colony was established on the bank of river Parati. The parish of Senhor Bom Jesus do Paraty was founded in 1854, as part of the municipality of Nossa Senhora das Graças do Rio São Francisco (subsequently, São Francisco do Sul).
The district of Parati was established by Provincial Law No. 375 promulgated on 8 June 1854. The municipality of Parati was established on 5 April 1876. For a short period (1923-1925), Parati was downgraded to a district.
The municipality was renamed to Araquari (in Tupi-Guarani, Bird Refuge River, based on "ara", "a great parrot", "quara / cuara", "a refuge", and "y", "water") by Decree-Law No. 941 promulgated on 31 December 1943.

https://www.araquari.sc.gov.br/
Municipal website

Ivan Sache, 31 October 2021

Description of the Flag

The flag of Araquari is prescribed by Municipal Law No. 471 promulgated on 1 August 1975.

Article 1.
The municipal flag shall have the following heraldic description: Horizontally divided into two equal fields, the upper field red and the lower field blue, charged in the center with the coat of arms of the municipality

Article 2.
The coat of arms of the municipality established by Law No. 473 promulgated on 1 August 1975 shall be placed in the center of the flag, omitting its outer ornaments and therefore restricted to the shield proper, in the following dimensions: the upper dexter quarter 3.5 units in length on 3 units in width charged in the center with a trident of 2.5 units in length on 2 units in length, the upper sinister quarter in the same dimensions charged in the center with a hoe of 2 units in width on 2 units in length; in the center a river separating the fields, of 1 unit in width, the lower canton charged in the center with a sun of 3 units in diameter.

Article 3.
The features of the municipal flag shall obey the following rules.
I - The flag's width shall be 20 units.
II - The flag's length shall be 28 units.
III - The distance of the shield to the flag's upper edge shall be 6 units.
IV - The shield's field, in compliance with the usual format of the so-called Portuguese shield, shall be constituted of a quadrilateral of 7 units in length and 5 units in width, in base a semi-circle of 3.5 units in radius.
V - The two sides of the flag shall be exactly equal.

https://leismunicipais.com.br/a/sc/a/araquari/lei-ordinaria/1975
Leis Municipais database

The coat of arms of Araquari is prescribed by Municipal Law No. 1,245 promulgated on 23 November 1994.

Article 1.
The upper dexter canton shall be 3.5 units in length on 3 units in width, charged in the center with a rising sun on the ocean's horizon, representing Barra da Iyapocu beach. The upper sinister canton shall have the same dimensions, charged in the center with a Portuguese pioneer, proportionally distributed.
In the shield's center is featured river Paraty, separating the upper and lower fields, of 1 unit in width.
The lower part of the shield represents the products that contribute to the municipality's income. Banana, passion fruit and livestock are represented through a green field, also representing reforestation with slash pines.
The shield's lower part is surrounded by rice panicles representing the municipality's main source of income.
The coat of arms is surmounted by a tower representing the municipality's sovereignty.

Article 2.
The features of the municipal coat of arms shall obey the following rules.
I - The shield's field, in compliance with the usual format of the so-called Portuguese shield, shall be constituted of a quadrilateral of 7 units in length and 5 units in width, in base a semi-circle of 3.5 units in radius.

https://leismunicipais.com.br/a/sc/a/araquari/lei-ordinaria/1994

This design modified the first coat of arms of Araquari, which was prescribed by Municipal Law No. 473 promulgated on 1 August 1975.

Portuguese shield: Also known as Iberian due to its base constituted of a semi-circle widely used in Portugal at the time of the discovery of Brazil, for this reason preferred by Brazilian heraldry scholars to represent municipalities.
In Brazilian heraldry, it represents the Portuguese origin of the nation.
Trident: Represents the mythological scepter of Neptune, king of the sea, and, specifically, fishing and related industry. The blue field means the sea.
Hoe: Means field work, while the green field represents labor.
River: Refers to river Parati, which waters the town and is rich in a fish called "parati" (the indigenous name of the small mullet), where the settlement of the municipality began.
Sun: Means the municipal beach called Barra do Sul.
Mural crown argent: The private and consecrated emblem of municipalities and of their administrative autonomy.
With four towers: One complete towers and two half-towers, one of each side.
Writing "Araquari": Argent on a red scroll.

https://leismunicipais.com.br/a/sc/a/araquari/lei-ordinaria/1975
Leis Municipais database

An earlier municipal flag "to be used by the Municipal Sports Commission" was prescribed by Municipal Law No. 399 promulgated on 17 March 1970 (text unavailable, if any).

https://leismunicipais.com.br/a/sc/a/araquari/lei-ordinaria/1970
Leis Municipais database

This flag was suppressed by Municipal Law N. 470 promulgated on 1 August 1975, which "abrogated Law No. 399 promulgated on 17 March 1970, which created and prescribed the flag of the municipality by the Sports Commission for the participation to the Santa Catarina Open Games, for the sake of adoption of a municipal flag with an heraldic description" (text not available, if any).

https://leismunicipais.com.br/a/sc/a/araquari/lei-ordinaria/1975
Leis Municipais database

Ivan Sache, 31 October 2021