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Rio Fortuna, Santa Catarina (Brazil)

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[Flag of Rio Fortuna,
SC (Brazil)] image by Dirk Schönberger, 29 July 2012


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Municipality

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


Description of the Flag

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