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image by Dirk Schönberger,
22 April 2012
Source:
http://www.tavares.rs.gov.br/portal1/municipio/hino_brasao.asp?iIdMun=100143417
The municipality of Tavares (5,353 inhabitants in 2012; 60,426 ha) is located
between the Lagoa das Patos lagoon and the Atlantic Ocean, 140 km south-west of
Porto Alegre.
Tavares was settled in 1760 by Azorean immigrants led by
Colonel Antonio da Silva Tavares.
Pink shrimps harvested by traditional
fishers from Lagoa do Peixe lagoon are considered as Brazil's best shrimps. The
Lagoa do Peixe National Park, mostly (90%) located on the municipal territory of
Tavares, is a bird sanctuary.
https://www.tavares.rs.gov.br/
Municipal website
Ivan Sache, 7 August 2020
Mainly a yellow flag with the municipal coat of arms centred, but in the upper hoist a small blue triangle, and in the lower hoist a small red triangle, giving the impression of a very tricolour blue-yellow-red with a very broad central band.
Official website at
http://www.tavares.rs.gov.br
Dirk Schönberger, 22 April 2012
The flag and arms of Tavares are prescribed by Municipal Law No. 62
promulgated on 14 December 1984.
Article 2.
The coat of arms of the
municipality obeys the following description.
A Portuguese shield. In chief,
over a line dividing horizontally the shield a sun or (yellow) emitting rays and
surmounted by a white gull all on a field gules (red); beneath the line the
other half of the sun of the same color superimposed in the center by a liberty
cap gules emitting rays to a black and white lighthouse; dexter on a field vert
(green) a bovine's head or sinister an onion, in the background pines or; in
base, a fess wavy striated or on a field azure (blue).
The heron represents
preservation of ecology, a symbol of purity and hope, representing also liberty
of the emancipated population. The bovine's head represents cattle-breeding and
onion the municipality's main source of income. The pines represent forest and
reforestation. The shrimp represents seafood. The sun represents light as the
symbol of the community's awakening, the liberty cap represents freedom and
population's awakening to emancipation. The lighthouse, close to the mainland,
represents the municipality's limits and sea and lagoon water. The field gules,
vert and azure with stripes or represent life, fields, sea, and sand,
respectively.
The shield is surmounted by a five-towered mural crown or.
Beneath the shield a scroll gules inscribed "AMIZADE E HOSPITALIDADE"
(Friendship and Hospitality) and "12 - 05 - TAVARES - 1982", the date of the
municipality's political emancipation. Starting from the scroll's upper part on
the shield's sides, dexter a maize plant and sinister a rice panicle the two or,
representing important crops for the municipality's economy.
Article 4.
The flag of the municipality of Tavares shall have for official colors blue,
yellow and red, forming a central diagonal stripe (yellow) and two right-angled
triangles placed in the inner upper part and outer lower part, respectively,
representing:
I - Blue, water of the sea and lagoon that bath the
municipality.
II - Yellow, the economical and social potential.
III - Red,
manpower of a supportive and fair community.
In the diagonal's center shall
be placed the municipality's coat of arms.
Article 5.
The flag's
features shall obey the following rules.
I - The flag's width shall be 12
units.
II - The flag's length shall be 18 units.
III - The yellow central
diagonal is limited by two right lines running from the 8th unit of the inner
lateral part to the 10th unit of the upper part, and from the 9th unit of the
lower part to the 8th unit of the outer lateral part.
IV - The coat of arms
centered in the diagonal stripe shall have a width of 7 units.
https://leismunicipais.com.br/a/rs/t/tavares/lei-ordinaria/1984/7/62/lei-ordinaria-n-62-1984-institui-o-brasao-e-a-bandeira-como-simbolos-do-municipio-e-da-outras-providencias
Leis Municipais database
Photo
https://www.facebook.com/camaramunicipaltavares/photos/a.414039469161608/643166189582267/?type=3&theater
Ivan Sache, 7 August 2020