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Matos Costa, Santa Catarina (Brazil)

image by Ivan Sache, 4 November 2021
Source: https://www.matoscosta.sc.gov.br/cms/pagina/ver/codMapaItem/127639

Municipality
Description of the flag

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Municipality

The municipality of Matos Costa (2,639 inhabitants in 2010; 43,307 ha) is located on the border with Paran�, 430 km north-west of Florian�polis.

Matos Costa was established as S�o Jo�o dos Pobres, by pioneer Jos� Cordeiro. The Campo Alto estate was subsequently founded by Colonel Manoel Louren�o de Ara�jo and his family. On 4 April 1908, the railway connecting S�o Jo�o dos Pobres to Porto Uni�o was inaugurated, which boosted colonization. The development of the area was stopped a few years later by the Contestado War (1912-1916).

The district of S�o Jo�o dos Pobres was established by Resolution No. 37 promulgated on 15 September 1917. The district was soon renamed to Matos Costa for the re-built railway station. The namesake, Captain Jo�o Teixeira de Matos Costa, was killed in an ambush in 1914.
The municipality of Matos Costa was established by State Law No. 819 promulgated on 23 April 1962.

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

Ivan Sache, 4 November 2021

Description of the Flag

An upright red cross with bordered white on a green field, and in the centre the municipal arms on a white lozenge.

Official website at http://www.matoscosta.sc.gov.br
Dirk Sch�nberger, 6 July 2012

Photos
https://colmeia.am.br/bandeira-do-contestado-e-lei-em-matos-costa/
http://www.cidasc.sc.gov.br/blog/2018/02/16/prefeitura-de-matos-costa-recebe-carro-da-cidasc/

Ivan Sache, 4 November 2021