São Paulo State (Brazil)

Last modified: 2004-12-29 by joe mcmillan
Keywords: sao paulo | brazil | stars: 4 | star (yellow) | canton (red) | map | stripes: 13 | stripes: 15 |
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2:3 by Joseph McMillan, map by Teco Guerreiro
Officially adopted 27 November 1946

• Description of the Flag
• Symbolism of the Flag
• History of the Flag
• Júlio Ribeiro's 1888 Design
• The Paulista Flag in the 1932 Constitutionalist Revolution
• Official Adoption of the Flag, 1946/48
• How Many Stripes?
• 19th Century Merchant Ship Pennant

• Index of Brazil Pages
• Brazilian Subnational Flags
• Municipal Flags of São Paulo State

Description of the Flag of São Paulo

As adopted by state law 145 of 3 September 1948, the flag of the State of São Paulo is composed of 13 horizontal black and white stripes. On a red canton, a silhouette map of Brazil appears in blue on a white circle. A small yellow star appears in each corner of the canton. The law provides the following construction specifications:

Hoist: 13 units
Fly: 19.5 units
Canton: 5 by 7.5 units
Diameter of white circle: 4 units
Map: fits in imaginary circle of 3.5 unit diameter
Stars centered at 1 and 6.5 units from the hoist and 1 and 4 units from the upper edge of