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image by Ivan Sache, 5 August
2020
The municipality of S�o Jorge (2,144 inhabitants in 2016; 11,805 ha) is
located 230 km north of Porto Alegre.
S�o Jorge was established in 1930,
as Ponte de Guabiju by Pedro Nunes da Silva, who lived in Canhada Bonita; he
offered a plot to his friend, Father Felix Busattta, to erect a church that was
consecrated on 13 August 1939 and dedicated to St. George.
The municipality
of S�o Jorge was established by State Law No. 8,427 promulgated on 30 November
1987, separating from Nova Prata, and inaugurated on 1 January 1989.
http://www.saojorge.rs.gov.br/
Municipal website
Ivan Sache, 5 August 2020
The flag of S�o Jorge is horizontally divided red-white-green (1:2:1) with
the municipal coat of arms in the center.
Photos
https://www.facebook.com/municipiodesaojorge/photos/a.414021858695249/1743895262374562/?type=3&theater
https://www.facebook.com/municipiodesaojorge/photos/a.1450139098416848/1450142258416532/?type=3&theater
https://www.facebook.com/municipiodesaojorge/photos/a.1040893399341422/1040895489341213/?type=3&theater
https://www.facebook.com/municipiodesaojorge/photos/a.690853284345437/690856591011773/?type=3&theater
Ivan Sache, 5 August 2020