Guaíra, Paraná (Brazil)

Last modified: 2002-11-02 by joe mcmillan
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by Joseph McMillan

• About the Flag

• Index of Brazil Pages
• Paraná
• Municipal Flags of Paraná
• Brazilian Municipal Flags

About the Flag of Guaíra

The page on symbols at the city website contains an etymology of the name (from the Guarani word kwayra, meaning "a hiding place, a hard to reach or impassable place") but no background on the flag or coat of arms. The flag is blue with a horizontal band of red-yellow-red across the center and a yellow triangle in the hoist bearing the municipal coat of arms. The old coat of arms also appears on this page, showing the once great Guaíra Falls; the new coat of arms appears to depict the dam that destroyed them.
Joseph McMillan, 23 July 2002