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Júlio de Castilhos, Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil)

image by Ivan Sache, 19 July 2020

Municipality
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Sindicato Rural J�lio de Castilhos
Escola Estadual De Ensino Fundamental Dolores Paulino

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Municipality

The municipality of J�lio de Castilhos (20,032 inhabitants in 2016; 192,383 ha) is located 350 km north-west of Porto Alegre. The municipality is composed of the districts of J�lio de Castilhos (seat), S�o J�ao dos Mellos and Tr�s M�rtires.

J�lio de Castilhos was settled in 1802 by Andr� Pereira Garcia, a colonist from the Azores, and Manuel Moreira Pais, a colonist from Paran�, established in the north and south of the present-day's municipal territory, respectively. Jo�o Vieira de Alvarenga, from Curitiba, established between these two domains the Boa Vista fazenda, located atop the Duransal hill, today the center of the town. Tropeiros traveling from Cruz Alta to Sa� Martinho used to rest in Jo�o Vieira's inn, conveniently located at mid-distance of the two towns. The settlement became soon known as Jo�o Vieira.
Following Jo�o Vieira's wish, the settlement was transformed in an organized village in 1870, renamed to Povo Novo (New Settlement). Jo�o's son, Manoel Vieira de Alvarenga offered 42 ha to the Municipal Chamber of S�o Martinho.
The district of Vila Rica was established in 1885, to be elevated to a municipality on 14 July 1891, inaugurated on 7 September 1891. The municipality was renamed to J�lio de Castilhos on 31 December 1904 and granted the rank of "cidade" in 1939.

The municipality's namesake and most famous son is the journalist and politician J�lio de Castilhos (1860-1903).
A positivist republican, J�lio de Castilhos was elected in 1891 at the Constituent Assembly, being one of the main authors of the Constitution of Brazil. Elected President of Rio Grande do Sul on 15 July 1891, he was overthrown after the 13 November coup and re-elected in 1893. The same year, he suppressed the Federalist Revolution led by Gaspar Silveira Martins. His political system ("castilhismo") was deeply influential in Rio Grande do Sul and Brazil for the next for decades.

http://www.juliodecastilhos.rs.gov.br/
Municipal website

Ivan Sache, 19 July 2020

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The flag is sometimes used with the coat of arms inscribed in a white disk

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Ivan Sache, 19 July 2020

Sindicato Rural J�lio de Castilhos

image by Ivan Sache, 19 July 2020

The flag of the Sindicato Rural J�lio de Castilhos is white with the union's emblem, composed of a white bull on a blue background.

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The flag is also used with the union's complete logo, including "SINDICATO RURAL" above the emblem and "J�LIO DE CASTILHOS" beneath it.

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A third version of the flag has the writing arranged in an arched pattern instead of horizontally.

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Ivan Sache, 19 July 2020

Escola Estadual De Ensino Fundamental Dolores Paulino

image by Ivan Sache, 19 July 2020

The flag of E.E.E.F. Dolores Paulino is horizontally divided white-dark blue with the school's emblem in the center. The emblem features a gray squirrel holding a book.

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Ivan Sache, 19 July 2020