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![[Flag of Porto União,
SC (Brazil)]](../images/b/br-sc-204.gif)
image by Ivan Sache,
5 November 2021
The municipality of Porto União (35,543 inhabitants in 2020; 85,124 ha) is
located on the border with Paraná, 460 km north-west of Florianópolis.
Porto
União forms a single conurbation with União da Vitória (Paraná), the "Iguaçu
Twins" being separated from each other only by the railway and river Iguaçu.
Porto União was settled in 1842 after the discovery of Vau, a section of
river Iguaçu with shallow water, suitable for crossing by cattle, and also to
embark and disembark when navigating the river. Renamed to Porto União da
Vitória in 1855, the town was boosted after the establishment in 1880 of Colonel
Amazonas Marcondes, a salt trader from Palmas. The colonel initiated the next
year steam navigation on river Iguaçu, transporting cargoes and passengers.
The municipality of Porto União was established on 5 September 1917 in the
aftermath of the Contestado War.
https://www.portouniao.sc.gov.br/
Municipal website
Ivan Sache, 5 November 2021
A white flag with the municipal arms in the centre.
Official website at
http://www.portouniao.sc.gov.br
Dirk Schönberger, 23 July 2012
Photos
https://www.facebook.com/portouniao/photos/1291775457943612
https://www.facebook.com/portouniao/photos/1277831406004684
Ivan Sache, 5 November 2021