São Miguel do Iguaçú, Paraná (Brazil)

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About the Flag of São Miguel do Iguaçú

Source: http://www.innet.com.br/smi/simbolos.htm .
Dov Gutterman, 30 November 2000

The flag shows a wide white Scandinavian-type cross separating a green fly and a yellow hoist with the town emblem in the intersection. This emblem shows a light blue eight-toothed cogwheel between a branch of wheat and soy (doesn't look like it to me!) above a red stylized scroll reading "1951 SÃO MIGUEL DO IGUAÇU 1961." The referred page explains the elements of the flag and emblem as:

• White cross: Faith, peace, order, and integrity
• Green: Lush forest, hope and freedom
• Yellow: Richness of the earth, maturity, nobility
• Blue cogwheel: Union and progress, based on justice and loyalty
• Wheat and soy: Agricultural wealth
• Red scroll: Stamina, courage, boldness of the first landclaimers
• 1951: The founding date of Vila Gaúcha [This could be a former toponym or simply taken to mean "town of Paraná"--Trans.]
• 1961: Political-administrative emancipation