State flags of Mexico

Most Mexican states do not have an official flag. For these states, a de facto flag is used for civil and state purposes, typically consisting of a white background charged with the state's coat of arms.[1]

At least five states have official flags: Durango, Jalisco, Querétaro, Quintana Roo and Tlaxcala. Except for Jalisco and Tlaxcala, each official flag is simply a white background charged with the state's coat of arms. Tlaxcala's flag was designed by Desiderio Hernández Xochitiotzin in 1981 and was painted in his mural El siglo de oro tlaxcalteca in the Tlaxcala Municipality cabildo before being made the official flag in 2011.[2]

Two states have provisions in their constitutions explicitly declaring that there shall be no official state flag. These states are Baja California[3] and Campeche.[4]

Official state flags

Official coat of arms as state flag

See also

References

  1. ↑ CRW Flags; Mexico; retrieved May 2016
  2. ↑ "Reseña histórica de la bandera de Tlaxcala". e-consulta.com Tlaxcala. 2017-04-21.
  3. ↑ "Constitución Política" (PDF). bajacalifonia.gob.mx. Gobierno del Estado. Retrieved May 20, 2016. Per Chapter 3, Article 6, "there shall be no other flags ... of official character" (No habrá otros banderas ... de carácter oficial).
  4. ↑ "Constitución Política" (PDF). campeche.gob.max. Gobierno del Estado. Retrieved May 20, 2016. Per Chapter 2, Article 5, "there shall be no other flags ... of official character" (No habrá otros banderas ... de carácter oficial).
  5. ↑ "Ley sobre el Escudo, la Bandera y el Himno del Estado de Durango". durango.gob.mx (in Spanish). Gobierno del Estado. Retrieved May 15, 2016. The state flag is described in Chapter 3, Articles 10 through 15.
  6. ↑ "Ley sobre el Escudo, Bandera e Himno del Estado de Jalisco" (PDF). jalisco.gob.mx (in Spanish). Congreso del Estado. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 8, 2014. Retrieved April 28, 2016.
  7. ↑ "Ley de Escudo, la Bandera y el Himno del Estado de Querétaro" (PDF). legislaturaqueretaro.gob.mx (in Spanish). LVIII Legislatura del Estado de Querétaro. Retrieved April 28, 2016.
  8. ↑ "Ley sobre la Bandera del Estado de Quintana Roo" (PDF). congresoqroo.gob.mx (in Spanish). Poder Legislativo. Retrieved April 29, 2016. The date of adoption is given in "Se Iza por Primera Vez la Bandera de Quintana Roo". Cancun Digital (in Spanish). Archived from the original on March 13, 2016. Retrieved April 28, 2016.
  9. ↑ "Reseña histórica de la bandera de Tlaxcala". e-consulta.com Tlaxcala. 2017-04-21.
  10. ↑ "Ley sobre el Escudo y el Himno de Tamaulipas" (PDF). tamaulipas.gob.mx (in Spanish). Gobierno de Tamaulipas. Retrieved December 15, 2011. The law does not explicitly declare a state flag. Instead, Article 3 states that the state's coat of arms can be represented in the form of a flag (puede representarse en forma de Bandera) and gives rules on how the coat of arms shall appear when used in that form. The article specifies that the flag shall consist of the coat of arms on a white background, and gives further physical specifications. Chapter 4 (Articles 7 through 18) gives rules regarding the use of the coat of arms when it is in the form of a flag (en su modalidad de Bandera).
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