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Penha, Santa Catarina (Brazil)

image by Dirk Schönberger, 19 July 2012

Municipality
Description of the flag

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Municipality

The municipality of Penha (32,531 inhabitants in 2019; 5,878 ha) is located 100 km north of Florianópolis.

Penha emerged around the chapel dedicated to St. John the Baptist established on 27 April 1759 in the Itapocoroy whale fishery. In February 1777, the fishery was re-settled by Azorean whalers expelled from Santa Catarina Island by the Spaniards.
The municipality of Penha was established on 21 June 1958, separating from Itajaí, and inaugurated on 19 June 1958.

Penha is Santa Catarina's municipality with the biggest number of beaches (19). It is also famous as home of Beto Carrero World, a theme park, deemed the biggest in South America, inaugurated in 1991 by the entertainer Beto Carrero (1937-2008).

https://www.penha.sc.gov.br/
Muniicpal website

Ivan Sache, 5 November 2021

Description of the Flag

A horizontal tricolour, red-white-blue, 1-2-1, with the municipal arms in the centre.

Official website at http://www.penha.sc.gov.br
Dirk Schönberger, 19 July 2012

The flag of Penha is prescribed by Municipal Law No. 1,730 promulgated on 30 June 2000.

Article 1.
The municipal flag of Penha has four colors: scarlet red (in the upper stripe), white (in the central stripe), and celestial blue (in the lower stripe), with a representation of the coat of arms of the municipality prescribed by Law No. 145 promulgated on 26 June 1968.
Blue represents the cloak of the municipality's patron saint (Our Lady of Penha); red and white represent the Day of the Divine Holy Spirit, alluding to the ribbons and the dove, respectively.

Article 2.
The dimensions of the municipal flag shall have the following measurements: 1.35 m in length on 0.95 m in width, the red stripe 0.25 m, the white stripe 0.45 m, and the blue stripe 0.25 m.
The coat of arms shall be centered on the white stripe, inscribed in a quadrangular space of 0.32 m in length on 0.39 m in width.

https://leismunicipais.com.br/a/sc/p/penha/lei-ordinaria/2000/173/1730/lei-ordinaria-n-1730-2000-cria-a-bandeira-municipal-de-penha
Leis Municipais database

The coat of arms of Penha is prescribed by Municipal Law No. 145 promulgated on 26 June 1968.

Article 1.
The coat of arms of the municipality of Penha consists in the municipality's patron saint and main productions.

https://leismunicipais.com.br/a/sc/p/penha/lei-ordinaria/1968/14/145/lei-ordinaria-n-145-1968-cria-brasao-do-municipio
Leis Municipais database

Ivan Sache, 5 November 2021