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Saudades, Santa Catarina (Brazil)

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[Flag of Saudades, Santa Catarina image by Ivan Sache, 7 November 2021


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Municipality

The municipality of Saudades (9,810 inhabitants in 2020; 20,578 ha) is located 630 km west of Florianópolis and 65 km of Chapecó.

Saudades was settled in 1931 by colonists of German origin coming from Rio Grande do Sul. The river and town were named by the early colonists missing their relatives left behind in the "old colony" without any means of communication.
The district of Saudades was established in 1950 within the municipality of Chapecó; transferred in 1954 to São Carlos, it was elevated a municipality by State Law No. 780 promulgated on 7 December 1961, which was inaugurated on 30 December 1961.

https://www.saudades.sc.gov.br/
Municipal website

Ivan Sache, 7 November 2021


Description of the Flag

Horizontal bicolour, green over white, with the municipal arms in the centre on a yellow lozenge.

Official website at http://www.saudades.sc.gov.br
Dirk Schönberger, 13 August 2012

The flag of Saudades is prescribed by Municipal Law No. 28 promulgated on 28 May 1979.
Composed of two horizontal fields, the upper green and the lower white. In the center a golden yellow lozenge charged with the coat of arms of the municipality.

https://www.saudades.sc.gov.br/cms/pagina/ver/codMapaItem/9729
Municipal website

The coat of arms of Saudades is prescribed by Municipal Law No. 27 promulgated on 28 May 1979.
An Iberian shield. In the upper right and left cantons diagonally displayed checky green and white, in the lower canton two stylized plows on a yellow field. On the shield's right side a stylized tobacco plant interlaced with a red scroll. On the shield's left side a stylized maize plant interlaced with a red scroll. A crown above the shield, golden yellow and filled in red. On the red scroll the municipality's name, "SAUDADEs - SC" and on its interlaced part the date of anniversary of the municipality.

https://www.saudades.sc.gov.br/cms/pagina/ver/codMapaItem/9735
Municipal website

Photos
https://www.facebook.com/saudadessc/photos/230322502362906
https://www.facebook.com/saudadessc/photos/198119408916549
https://www.facebook.com/sulbrasilsc/photos/2508690169378753

Ivan Sache, 7 November 2021