Sergipe, officially the State of Sergipe, is a state of Brazil located in the Northeast Region.
Description[]
The flag of Sergipe consists of four alternating green and yellow horizontal stripes with a square blue canton featuring five white five-pointed stars, with the centre one being the largest.
Symbolism[]
Yellow, green, blue, and white are the colors of Brazil's flag. The stars represent the state's river estuaries: Aracaju (or Sergipe), São Francisco, Real (or Estância), Vaza-Barris (or São Cristovão), and Japaratuba. The flag is called the "Sergipano".
History[]
The flag design came into being when José Rodrigues Bastos Coelho, a late 19th century merchant from Sergipe, needed a flag to identify the state of origin of his ships, and designed the flag, originally with only four stars to represent four estuaries in Sergipe. The flag quickly became identified with Sergipe, and was officially adopted as the flag of the state on 19 October 1920, with five stars to more accurately represent Sergipe's five estuaries. In 1937, under the leadership of Getúlio Vargas, all state symbols were banned under the Brazilian Constitution of 1937. In 1951, the flag was reinstated with 42 stars to represent Sergipe's 42 municipalities at the time, but this was changed the following year to the original design on 3 December 1952.
Historical Flags[]
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Flag Proposals[]
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