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Dirk Schönberger, 25 November 2010
Source:
http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guarantã_do_Norte
A blue over green diagonally divided flag with a broad rising deep yellow diagonal, with a central white dashed line, in the upper hoist a white five-pointed star, shadowed yellow, and in the lower fly, a white guarantã trunk, shadowed black.
Official website at
http://www.guarantadonorte.mt.gov.br
Dirk Schönberger, 25 November 2010
The municipality of Guarantã do Norte (32,143 inhabitants in 2009; 4,763
sq. km) is located in the north of Mato Grosso, on the border with the State
of Pará, 725 km of Cuiabá.
Guarantã do Norte, founded in 1982 as a
District of the Municipality of Colíder, was made an independent municipality
in 1986. The foundation was part of the development plan of northern Mato
Grosso started in 1979 and involving 245,000 ha located in Colíder; the
project was managed by the Mato Grosso Regional Superintendence on behalf of
INCRA (Instituto Nacional de Colonização e Reforma Agrária - National
Institute of Colonization and Land Reform). The first colonists (c. 1,200)
were members of COTREL (Cooperativa Tritícola de Erechim - Erechim Wheat
Cooperative) expelled from Mato Grosso do Sul after the building of
hydroelectric barrage or living in too small estates.
http://www.guarantadonorte.mt.gov.br/site/omunicipio.asp?pg=historia -
Municipal website
The flag shown on Wikimedia Commons is divided
blue-green by a yellow ascending stripe. A white star outlined in yellow is
placed in the upper left corner, a white dashed line is placed in the middle
of the yellow stripe and a white sinuous element is placed in the lower right
part of the flag. The photo, taken on 6 March 2006, is credited to the
Guarantã do Norte municipal administration
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bandeira_Guarantã_do_Norte_MT.jpg
The municipal website shows a mirrored image of the flag. The description
of the flag does not state the respective location of the elements of the
flag: "The flag of Guarantã do Norte is prescribed by Law No. 007 of 12
March 1990. Its design includes the following elements: a star, a road with
rectangles and a Guarantã trunk.
Colors:
- A white star symbolizing peace,
to be established and maintained;
- Blue, recalling the tropical sky and the
rivers watering the municipality;
- A yellow road highlighting the main
mining resources, especially gold. The white rectangles are progressing steps
towards harmony and peace;
- Green stands for the dense forests of the
municipality;
- A brown Guarantã trunk."
http://www.guarantadonorte.mt.gov.br/site/omunicipio.asp?pg=bandeira
Guarantã is the local name of the native tree Aspidosperma discolor DC.
(Family Apocynaceae).
http://www.portalguarantadonorte.com.br/visualisar_album.cfm?codigo=111
Ivan Sache, 27 November 2010