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![[Flag of Rancho Alegre, PR (Brazil)]](../images/b/br-pr-298.gif)
image by Ivan Sache, 7 February 2022 The municipality of Rancho Alegre (3,955 inhabitants in 2010; 16,765 ha) is
located 450 km north-west of Curitiba.
Rancho Alegre was established in
the 1940s by Companhia de Terras Barbosa. The first settlers, Agenor Gomes,
Francisco Godoy, Oswaldo Vietze, and Cecília Angela de Oliveira initiated coffee
growing in the area.
The district of Rancho Alegre was established on 27
January 1951, to be elevated a municipality by State Law No. 4,245 promulgated
on 25 July 1960 and inaugurated on 29 August 1960.
Rancho Alegre is named for
a small ranch erected along the old trail, where the early settlers used to
gather to dance and have fun, therefore the epithet "alegre" ("joyous").
http://ranchoalegre.pr.gov.br/
Municipal website
The flag of Rancho Alegre is vertically divided
green-white-orange with the municipal coat of arms in the center.
Photos
https://www.facebook.com/pref.ranchoalegre/photos/880963499422126
https://www.facebook.com/pref.ranchoalegre/photos/861229054728904
Ivan Sache, 7 February 2022