São José do Rio Preto, São Paulo State (Brazil)

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by António Martins

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About the Flag of São José do Rio Preto

This place name means "Saint Joseph of the Black River." More details at http://www.sjriopreto.org.br/comdephact/bandeira.html .
António Martins, 3 December 2000

From the website:

Our municipality created its flag by law in 1936. Its colors are the same as those of the flag of the State of São Paulo: red, black, and white. The flag of the municipality is formed by a red rectangle divided per cross by white and black stripes, upon which, in the center, is a white lozenge and within it the coat of arms of the city.

Significance:

• the color red signifies love of country, dedication, audacity, intrepidity, courage, and valor;
• the eagle symbolizes power, victory, dominion, prosperity, benignity, generosity;
• the eagle carries in its talons flowering branches of lily, which symbolize the patron saint of the city, which is St. Joseph;
• the eight towers, of which five are visible in the perspective of the design, indicate that the city is the seat of a county (comarca>;
• agricultural production is represented by stalks of cane, shoots of coffee, branches of cotton, maize, and rice, all in natural