Piratuba, Santa Catarina (Brazil) (original) (raw)


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[ [Flag of Piratuba, SC (Brazil)]](../images/b/br-sc-197.gif) image by Ivan Sache, 5 November 2021

Municipality

The municipality of Piratuba (4,102 inhabitants in 2017; 14,598 ha) is located on the border with Rio Grande do Sul, 430 km west of Florian�polis.

Piratuba emerged in 1910 during the building of the S�o Paulo - Rio Grande do Sul railways by Brazil Railway, as a camp established for workers on Rio do Peixe (Fish River). Originally known as Vila do Rio de Peixe, the town was renamed to Piratuba when elevated a municipality on 18 February 1949.
In 1964, Petobras performed an oil drilling to 2,271 m in depth; instead of expected oil, sulphur-bearing water gushed forth from a depth of 674 m, at a temperature of 38.6 �C. The Companhia Hidromineral was established in 1975 to exploit the water resource; the Piratuba spa makes of Piratuba one of South Brazil's main tourism spots.

https://www.piratuba.sc.gov.br/
Municipal website

Ivan Sache, 5 November 2021

Description of the Flag

An upright red cross, fimbriated white, on a blue field, with the municipal arms in a white lozenge in the centre.

Official website at http://www.piratuba.sc.gov.br
Dirk Sch�nberger, 20 July 2012

Photos
https://www.facebook.com/PrefeituraPiratuba/photos/4720472304630278
https://www.facebook.com/PrefeituraPiratuba/photos/3107371442607047

Ivan Sache, 5 November 2021

[ [Flag of Piratuba, SC (Brazil)]](../images/b/br-sc-197a.gif) image by Ivan Sache, 5 November 2021

Ivan Sache, 5 November 2021