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![[Flag of Cruzeiro do Iguaçu, PR (Brazil)]](../images/b/br-pr-091.gif)
image by Dirk Schönberger,
17 July 2011Four diagonal dark blue rays on a white field, with the municipal arms centred.
Official website is at
http://www.cruzeirodoiguacu.pr.gov.br.
Dirk Schönberger,
17 July 2011
The municipality of Cruzeiro do Iguaçu (4,274 inhabitants in 2010; 161 sq.
km) is located in southwestern Paraná, 450 km of Curitiba. Cruzeiro do Iguaçu
was settled in 1955 by the Miranda, Vieira and Ferreira family. Located on
the crossing of two trails heading to River Iguaçu, the place was named Cruzeiro do Iguaçu (Iguaçu Crossing) by the road engineer Roberto Grando.
Cruzeiro do Iguaçu was made a district of the newly formed municipality of
Dois Vizinhos by State Law No. 5,635 of 13 September 1967. The urban area was
first defined in 1972. The municipality of Cruzeiro do Iguaçu was established
by State Law No. 9,232 of 26 April 1990, which was confirmed by a plebiscite
held on 1 September 1991. The municipality was inaugurated on 1 January 1993.
The symbols of Cruzeiro do Iguaçu are prescribed by Municipal Law No. 61
of 11 April 1991 The symbols were designed by Hemerson Fernando Giachini,
winner of a public contest.
The blue rays emerging from the municipal
coat of arms, placed in the middle of the flag, symbolize the splendor of the
coat of arms.
The coat of arms depicts water, representing the strength
and intelligence of the inhabitants, the sky, representing the whole world
and the aspirations of the inhabitants, and the soil, representing life.
Water represents rivers Chopim and Iguaçu, with the Julio Mesquito Filho
factory and the planned Salto Caxias factory. The boat, the fisher and the
reel represent fishing. The power lines represents the Copel power plant. The
building in the upper right part, with windows, sunbathers, umbrellas and
waterfall represents the planned leisure park and spa of Salto Caxias. The
green grass represents the pastures. The white bovine represents
cattle-breeding. The three chickens represent poultry farming. The building
with a chimney represents industry, agribusiness and micro-industry. The
swine represents pig farming. The tractor pulling a plough represents manual
and mechanized agriculture. The araucarias and the forest stand for the
forests that existed and still existing the municipal territory. The mountain
topped with a cross represents the Nossa Senhora da Saúde sanctuary on Mount
Calvary. The supporters, wheat, soybean, beans and a maize cob represent the
municipal agriculture. The scroll bears the name of the municipality and the
date of its establishment (01/01/1993).
http://www.cruzeirodoiguacu.pr.gov.br/2010/sobre.asp#simbolos
Ivan Sache,
14 February 2012