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class="infobox-data">7:10</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Adopted</th><td class="infobox-data">22 August 1922<span class="noprint">; 102 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1922-08-22</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Design</th><td class="infobox-data">A green field with a large yellow rhombus in the center bearing a white disk, which contains the coat of arms of the state of Ceará.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Designed by</th><td class="infobox-data">João Tibúrcio Albano</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>flag of Ceará</b> is the official <a href="/wiki/Flag" title="Flag">flag</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Federative_units_of_Brazil" title="Federative units of Brazil">Brazilian state</a> of <a href="/wiki/Cear%C3%A1" title="Ceará">Ceará</a>. The original version of the flag was adopted on 25 August 1922 by state decree 1,971 of Ceará.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Flag_of_Cear%C3%A1&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Initial_design">Initial design</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Flag_of_Cear%C3%A1&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Initial design"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The original flag was created by the prominent merchant João Tibúrcio Albano (1860 – 1924), the son of <a href="/w/index.php?title=Jos%C3%A9_Francisco_da_Silva_Albano&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="José Francisco da Silva Albano (page does not exist)">José Francisco da Silva Albano</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Francisco_da_Silva_Albano" class="extiw" title="pt:José Francisco da Silva Albano">pt</a>]</span>. João Albano would hoist the flag of his partner's state of <a href="/wiki/Maranh%C3%A3o" title="Maranhão">Maranhão</a> outside of his manor for special occasions and decided to design a flag for his state of Ceará after discovering that one did not exist. He designed it by replacing the central blue circle of the <a href="/wiki/Flag_of_Brazil" title="Flag of Brazil">national flag</a> with the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Coat_of_arms_of_Cear%C3%A1&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Coat of arms of Ceará (page does not exist)">state coat of arms</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bras%C3%A3o_do_Cear%C3%A1" class="extiw" title="pt:Brasão do Ceará">pt</a>]</span>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Prior to its official adoption, the flag was widely used across Ceará during the governorship of <a href="/w/index.php?title=Pedro_Borges_(Governor)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Pedro Borges (Governor) (page does not exist)">Pedro Borges</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedro_Borges" class="extiw" title="pt:Pedro Borges">pt</a>]</span> and adorned public buildings, state schools, and the <a href="/wiki/Pal%C3%A1cio_da_Luz" title="Palácio da Luz">Palácio da Luz</a>. The flag was officially adopted on 25 August 1922 by state decree 1,971 of Ceará.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Flag_updates">Flag updates</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Flag_of_Cear%C3%A1&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Flag updates"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div><p> The state flag was modified on 31 December 1967 by state decree 8,889 to use the updated coat of arms per the suggestion of historian <a href="/w/index.php?title=Raimundo_Gir%C3%A3o&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Raimundo Girão (page does not exist)">Raimundo Girão</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raimundo_Gir%C3%A3o" class="extiw" title="pt:Raimundo Girão">pt</a>]</span>.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The flag was updated again on 21 June 2007 by state decree 13,897 to include a new simplified coat of arms.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:2_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p><ul class="gallery mw-gallery-packed"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 172.66666666667px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 170.66666666667px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ceara-antiga.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Original flag, (1922 – 1937 and 1947 – 1967)"><img alt="Original flag, (1922 – 1937 and 1947 – 1967)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Ceara-antiga.png/256px-Ceara-antiga.png" decoding="async" width="171" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Ceara-antiga.png/384px-Ceara-antiga.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Ceara-antiga.png/512px-Ceara-antiga.png 2x" data-file-width="15119" data-file-height="10631" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Original flag, (1922 – 1937 and 1947 – 1967)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 173.33333333333px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 171.33333333333px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bandeira_do_Cear%C3%A1_(at%C3%A9_2007).svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Flag with coat of arms updated by decree 8,889, (1968 – 2007)"><img alt="Flag with coat of arms updated by decree 8,889, (1968 – 2007)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Bandeira_do_Cear%C3%A1_%28at%C3%A9_2007%29.svg/257px-Bandeira_do_Cear%C3%A1_%28at%C3%A9_2007%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="172" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Bandeira_do_Cear%C3%A1_%28at%C3%A9_2007%29.svg/386px-Bandeira_do_Cear%C3%A1_%28at%C3%A9_2007%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Bandeira_do_Cear%C3%A1_%28at%C3%A9_2007%29.svg/514px-Bandeira_do_Cear%C3%A1_%28at%C3%A9_2007%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="720" data-file-height="504" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Flag with coat of arms updated by decree 8,889, (1968 – 2007)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 173.33333333333px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 171.33333333333px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bandeira_do_Cear%C3%A1.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Flag with coat of arms updated by decree 13,897, (2007 – present)"><img alt="Flag with coat of arms updated by decree 13,897, (2007 – present)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Bandeira_do_Cear%C3%A1.svg/257px-Bandeira_do_Cear%C3%A1.svg.png" decoding="async" width="172" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Bandeira_do_Cear%C3%A1.svg/386px-Bandeira_do_Cear%C3%A1.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Bandeira_do_Cear%C3%A1.svg/514px-Bandeira_do_Cear%C3%A1.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="720" data-file-height="504" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Flag with coat of arms updated by decree 13,897, (2007 – present)</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Symbolism">Symbolism</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Flag_of_Cear%C3%A1&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Symbolism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Coat_of_arms_of_Cear%C3%A1&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Coat of arms of Ceará (page does not exist)">Coat of arms of Ceará § Symbolism</a></div> <p>The fort and the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Mucuripe_Lighthouse&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mucuripe Lighthouse (page does not exist)">Mucuripe Lighthouse</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farol_do_Mucuripe" class="extiw" title="pt:Farol do Mucuripe">pt</a>]</span> in the seal represent the structures that protected the state from naval invasions and guided friendly vessels. </p><p>The seven stars on the seal represent the 7 <a href="/wiki/List_of_municipalities_in_Cear%C3%A1" title="List of municipalities in Ceará">mesoregions</a> of the state. </p><p>The symbols on the state coat of arms represents the 4 <a href="/wiki/Classical_element" title="Classical element">classical elements</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>Bottom-right: The <a href="/wiki/Carnauba_Palm" class="mw-redirect" title="Carnauba Palm">Carnaúba</a> tree is the state tree of Ceará and represents earth.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Bottom-left: The <a href="/wiki/Jangada" title="Jangada">jangada</a> boat represents water.</li> <li>Top-right: The dove and mountains represent air.</li> <li>Top-left: The sun represents fire.</li></ul> <p>The dove and the jangada also represent the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Jangadeiro%27s_Strike&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jangadeiro's Strike (page does not exist)">Jangadeiro's Strike</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greve_dos_jangadeiros" class="extiw" title="pt:Greve dos jangadeiros">pt</a>]</span> that occurred in Ceará and led to the then province to <a href="/wiki/Abolitionism_in_Brazil" title="Abolitionism in Brazil">abolish slavery</a> 3 years before the rest of the nation.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Flag_of_Cear%C3%A1&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Cear%C3%A1_state_symbols" title="List of Ceará state symbols">List of Ceará state symbols</a></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Cear%C3%A1" title="History of Ceará">History of Ceará</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Flag_of_Cear%C3%A1&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist 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