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 image by Ivan Sache, 
5 August 2020
 image by Ivan Sache, 
5 August 2020
The municipality of São João da Urtiga (4,726 ihabitants in 2010; 17,118 ha) 
is located 400 km north of Porto Alegre.
São João da Urtiga was settled 
in 1902 by Italian colonists coming from Antônio Prado, Veranópolis, Flores da 
Cunha, Garibaldi and Caxias do Sul, who were subsequently joined by Poles. The 
place was named for nettles ("urtigas", from Latin "urtica") and for 
the St John the Baptist parish of Sananduva, to which it belonged at the time.
The municipality of São João da Urtiga was established by State Law No. 8,448 
promulgated on 15 November 1988 and inaugurated on 1 January 1989.
https://www.saojoaodaurtigars.com.br/ 
Municipal website
Ivan Sache, 5 August 2020
A light blue-white-light blue horizontal triband, bearing the municipal arms in the 
centre and surrounded by four red triangles making a hollow square on point 
around the arms.
Dirk Schönberger 31 March 2012
Photos
https://www.facebook.com/prefeiturasju/photos/a.237881280018712/765723003901201/?type=3&theater
https://www.facebook.com/prefeiturasju/photos/a.237881280018712/350381015435404/?type=3&theater 
Ivan Sache, 5 August 2020