image by Aristobulo Lima,
22 December 2018
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image by Aristobulo Lima,
22 December 2018
The municipality of São Gonçalo do Amarante (99,724 inhabitants in 2016; 251
sq. km) is part of the Natal Metropolitan Region.
São Gonçalo do Amarante
emerged in 1609 as Uruaçu, a small village established in the early 17th century
by Estevão Machado de Miranda near river Potengi. The colonists were slaughtered
on 3 October 1645 by the Dutch in an event still remembered as the Uruaçu
Massacre. After the Dutch departure in 1698, the area was re-settled by
Portuguese colonists from Pernambuc. In 1710, Ambrósio Miguel de Sirinhaém and
Pascoal Gomes de Lima erected a chapel dedicated to Blessed Gonçalo de Amarante
(1187-1259), a Portuguese hermit popular in Brazil.
São Gonçalo do
Amarante was granted the status of town and separated from Natal in 1833. A
subsequent epidemic of cholera nearly suppressed the town, which was
reincorporated to Natal by Law No. 604. Re-established on 3 August 1874 by Law
No. 689, the municipality of São Gonçalo do Amarante was suppressed again five
years later and incorporated to Macaíba. Re-established for the second time by
Decree No. 57, the municipality was suppressed on 30 December 1943 by Decree No.
267 and renamed to Felipe Camarão. The municipality of São Gonçalo do Amarante
was eventually established on 11 December 1958 by Law No. 2,323, separating from
Macaíba.
https://saogoncalo.rn.gov.br/, Municipal website
Ivan Sache, 10
June 2019
This is the flag of the municipality of São Gonçalo do Amarante. It should
not be confused with another city with the same name located in the State of
Ceará.
São Gonçalo do Amarante (RN) has about 100,000 inhabitants and in its
territory is the Aluisio Alves International Airport that serves the capital
of the state and is one of the largest in the northeastern region of Brazil
More info see here:
https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%A3o_Gon%C3%A7alo_do_Amarante_(Rio_Grande_do_Norte)
Aristobulo Lima,
22 December 2018
Photos of the flag:
http://www.tribunadonorte.com.br/noticia/empresarios-de-sao-goncalo-do-amarante-comemoram-resultados-do-novo-aeroporto/283402
https://www.blogdaniloevaristo.com.br/prefeitura-de-sao-goncalo-do-amarante-rn-realizou-encerramento-da-semana-de-combate-a-dengue/
http://eliasjornalista.com/prefeito-paulinho-lanca-nova-marca-e-portal-de-noticias-de-sao-goncalo-do-amarante/
http://nominuto.com/noticias/cidades/prefeito-de-sao-goncalo-anuncia-planejamento-de-seis-grandes-obras-no-municipio/181851/
Ivan Sache, 10 June 2019
