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Putinga, Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil)

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Putinga, RS (Brazil) image by Ivan Sache, 3 August 2020


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Municipality

The municipality of Putinga (4,417 inhabitants in 2010; 23,934 ha) is located 200 km of Porto Alegre.

Putinga was settled by Italian colonists around 1910. The town is named for a forest bamboo called "putingal" in Tupi-Guarani.
The municipality of Putinga was established by State Law No. 4,689 promulgated on 26 December 1963.

http://www.putinga.rs.gov.br/
Municipal website
Ivan Sache, 2 August 2020


Symbols

The flag of Putinga is white with the municipal coat of arms in the center and three vertical narrow stripes at fly, green, yellow and white.
White conveys a message of faith and peace.
Green represents aspiration to a better future.
Red represents tenacity and commitment to work.

The coat of arms of Putinga is surmounted by a three-pointed tower [a three-towered mural crown] representing political independence. In the shield's upper part, a maize plant on a field or, a tobacco plant on a green field, and a mate seedling on a red field. in the lower part, the animals represent cattle-breeding.

http://www.putinga.rs.gov.br/cidade_historia
Municipal website

Photos
https://ecoregional.com.br/destaque/enevir-polese-assume-a-prefeitura-de-putinga
https://www.facebook.com/1568760140081330/photos/a.2244247522532585/2244247709199233/?type=3&theater
https://www.facebook.com/1568760140081330/photos/a.2131966130427392/2132881983669140/?type=3&theater

Ivan Sache, 2 August 2020