Alagoa, Minas Gerais (Brazil)

Last modified: 2012-02-11 by ian macdonald
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image by Dirk Schönberger, 26 May 2010
based on http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alagoa_(Minas_Gerais)

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About the Flag

Diagonally divided on a rising diagonal green over white, with the municipal arms centerd.

Official website at http://www.alagoa.mg.gov.br. The flag is shown on Wikipedia at http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alagoa_(Minas_Gerais.
Dirk Schönberger, 26 May 2010

The municipality of Alagoa (2,709 inhabitants in 2010; 161.6 sq. km) is located in south-southwestern Minas Gerais, 420 km of Belo Horizonte.

The coat of arms of Alagoa shows araucarias, common in the mountains, maize symbolizing agriculture, a bovine's head symbolizing cattle breeding, and a gold-panning miner symbolizing the origin of the municipality.
http://www.alagoa.mg.gov.br/novo_site/index.php?exibir=secoes&ID=73 - Municipal website
Ivan Sache, 28 January 2012