Planalto, Paraná (Brazil)

Last modified: 2022-03-05 by ian macdonald
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The municipality of Planalto (13,479 inhabitants in 2019; 34,624 ha) is located on the border with Argentina, 600 km west of Curitiba.

Planalto was established in the 1950s by colonists coming from Tenente Portela, Criciumal, Tr�s Passos, Horizontina and Ijuí (Rio Grande do Sul), and from Caçador, Joaçaba and São Miguel D�Oeste (Santa Caterina).
Osvaldo Hoffmann established a grain exporting company and a mill producing soybean oil; the family also operated a mill in Francisco Beltrão.
The district of Planalto was established within the municipality of Capanema by Municipal Law No. 4 promulgated on 9 April 1962, to be elevated a municipality by State Law No. 4,731 promulgated on 24 June 1963.

https://www.planalto.pr.gov.br/
Municipal website

The flag of Planalto is horizontally divided in nine blue-white stripe, the blue stripes twice higher than the white ones, charged in the center with a white disc inscribing the municipal coat of arms.

Photos
https://www.facebook.com/planaltopr/photos/410306303950687
https://www.facebook.com/planaltopr/photos/369022024745782
https://www.facebook.com/planaltopr/photos/357780762536575
https://www.facebook.com/planaltopr/photos/332426188405366

Image from the municipal website
https://www.planalto.pr.gov.br/imgs/bandeira.jpg

Ivan Sache, 7 February 2022