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Canelinha, Santa Catarina (Brazil)

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[Flag of 
Canelinha, SC (Brazil)] image by Dirk Schönberger, 30 May 2012


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Municipality

The municipality of Canelinha (12,240 inhabitants in 2019; 15,131 ha) is located 70 km north-west of Florianópolis.

Ivan Sache, 2 November 2021


Description of the Flag

A horizontal triband blue-yellow-blue, with the municipal arms on a white lozenge in the centre.

Official website at http://www.canelinha.sc.gov.br
Dirk Schönberger, 30 May 2012

The flag of Canelinha is prescribed by Municipal Law No. 268 promulgated on 9 September 1977.

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

Article 2.
The coat of arms of the municipality, as established by Law No. 267 promulgated on 10 August 1977, shall be placed in the center of the flag, its outer ornaments omitted and restricted to the shield proper.

Article 3.
The features of the municipal flag shall obey the following rules.
I - The flag shall be 20 units in width.
II - The flag's length shall be 1.26 m.
III - The flag shall be horizontally divided into three parts, or fields, each of 29.5 cm in width.
IV - The field of the shield of arms, in compliance with the usual format of the so-called Portuguese shield, shall be composed of a quadrilateral of 57 units in width on 57 units in length.
[...]

https://leismunicipais.com.br/a/sc/c/canelinha/lei-ordinaria/1977/27/268/lei-ordinaria-n-268-1977-institui-a-bandeira-do-municipio
Leis Municipais database

The coat of arms of Canelinha is prescribed by Municipal Law No. 267 promulgated on 9 September 1977.

Article 1.
A Portuguese shield. In upper dexter canton, the stylized representation of a factory on a white field; in the upper sinister canton, the stylized representation of two cogwheels on a white field. In the lower canton, the stylized representation of a tractor on a brown field and, in perspective view, a plantation. A mural crown argent filled in red with four towers with red ports. The writing "Canelinha" argent on a red scroll with date "23-12-1962".

https://leismunicipais.com.br/a/sc/c/canelinha/lei-ordinaria/1977/26/267/lei-ordinaria-n-267-1977-instituir-as-armas-do-municipio-de-canelinha
Leis Municipais database

For whatever reason, the flag in use does not match the official description.

Photos
https://www.facebook.com/prefeituradecanelinha/photos/a.580331778839619/1126716657534459/?type=3&theater
https://www.facebook.com/prefeituradecanelinha/photos/a.348590268680439/1103275319878593/?type=3&theater

Ivan Sache, 2 November 2021