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![[Flag of Porto União,
SC (Brazil)]](../images/b/br-sc-204.gif)
image by Ivan Sache,
5 November 2021
The municipality of Porto Uni�o (35,543 inhabitants in 2020; 85,124 ha) is
located on the border with Paran�, 460 km north-west of Florian�polis.
Porto
Uni�o forms a single conurbation with Uni�o da Vit�ria (Paran�), the "Igua�u
Twins" being separated from each other only by the railway and river Igua�u.
Porto Uni�o was settled in 1842 after the discovery of Vau, a section of
river Igua�u with shallow water, suitable for crossing by cattle, and also to
embark and disembark when navigating the river. Renamed to Porto Uni�o da
Vit�ria in 1855, the town was boosted after the establishment in 1880 of Colonel
Amazonas Marcondes, a salt trader from Palmas. The colonel initiated the next
year steam navigation on river Igua�u, transporting cargoes and passengers.
The municipality of Porto Uni�o was established on 5 September 1917 in the
aftermath of the Contestado War.
https://www.portouniao.sc.gov.br/
Municipal website
Ivan Sache, 5 November 2021
A white flag with the municipal arms in the centre.
Official website at
http://www.portouniao.sc.gov.br
Dirk Sch�nberger, 23 July 2012
Photos
https://www.facebook.com/portouniao/photos/1291775457943612
https://www.facebook.com/portouniao/photos/1277831406004684
Ivan Sache, 5 November 2021