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Sergipe (Brazil)

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[Flag of Sergipe (Brazil)]2:3 by Joseph McMillan
Officially adopted 19 October 1920, restored 3 December 1952

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Flag of the State of Sergipe

The flag of Sergipe is based on a design of José Rodrigues Bastos Coelho, and is called the "Sergipano." It was designed around the end of the nineteenth Century and adopted officially on 19 October 1920. The first design was modified with respect to number of stars and their arrangement in the blue rectangle by a decree of 30 October 1951. Initially the stars represented the rivers of the state, but after the 1951 decree they represented the municipalities. A decree of 3 December 1952 reestablished the original design, in which the stars represent the state's river estuaries: Aracaju (or Sergipe), São Francisco, Real (or Estância), Vassa Barris (or São Cristovão), and Japaratuba.
Jaume Ollé 2 July 1996

As a factory owner and businessman, Coelho felt the need for a decoration to his vessels that would identify the state they came from. He therefore created the flag that was later made official by law no. 795 of 19th October 1920. The current law is no. 458 of 3 December 1952. The flag has the colors of the national flag.
Jens Pattke, 27 December 2001, translated by Jorge Candeias

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