Coat of arms of Quintana Roo

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State Shield of Quintana Roo
Escudo Quintana Roo (11 municipios).png
Armiger Quintana Roo
Crest a rising sun with eleven rays
Shield Party per fess: I party per pale, first gules a snail Or, second azure a mullet argent; and II Or a tree vert.

The Coat of arms of Quintana Roo (Spanish : Escudo de Quintana Roo, lit. "state shield of Quintana Roo") is a symbol of the Free and Sovereign State of Quintana Roo. [1] In English, it is blazoned Party per fess:I party per pale, first gules a snail Or, second azure a mullet argent; and II Or a tree vert. And the crest is a rising sun with eleven rays.

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Symbolism

The coat of arms of the State of Quintana Roo, is composed with the following characteristics: modern, semi-round, half-divided and cut shield of gules and azure on gold, with a crest figure of the rising sun with eleven bundles of rays in gules and gold. In the upper dexter quarter a stylized snail in gold. In the upper sinister quarter a five-pointed star in silver. At the tip three stable triangles on a Mayan glyph of the wind "IK" in sinople. The emblem borders in quarters and cantons with a simple stripe.

Historical coats

The symbol is used by all successive regimes in different forms.

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References

  1. "Coat of arms of State of Quintana Roo" (PDF). Quintana Roo State government council. Retrieved 2024-10-06.