Most Mexican states do not have an official flag. For these states, a de facto flag is used for civil and state purposes. State flags of Mexico have a 4:7 ratio and typically consist of a white background charged with the state's coat of arms. [1]
At least nine states have official flags: Baja California Sur, Chihuahua, Durango, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Jalisco, Querétaro, Quintana Roo, Tlaxcala and Yucatán. Except for Guanajuato, Jalisco, Tlaxcala and Yucatán, each official flag is simply a white background charged with the state's coat of arms. Coahuila, Colima, Oaxaca, Tabasco and Tamaulipas adopted its coat of arms into a flag.
Two states have provisions in their constitutions explicitly declaring that there shall be no official state flag. These states are Baja California [2] and Campeche. [3]
The banderas monumentales are a collection of tall flagpoles containing large flags of Mexico located throughout Mexico. They are part of a program started in 1999 under President Ernesto Zedillo that is currently administered by the Secretariat of National Defense. The main feature of these monuments is a giant Mexican flag flying off a 50-meter-high (160-ft) flagpole. The size of the flag was 14.3 by 25 metres and it was flown on a pole that measured 50 metres (160 ft) high. In the time after the decree was issued, many more banderas monumentales have been installed throughout the country in various sizes. Many of the locations were chosen due to significant events in Mexican history that occurred there.
The Law on the National Coat of Arms, Flag and Anthem is a set of rules and guidelines passed by the Mexican government on the display and use of the flag (bandera), coat of arms (escudo) and the anthem (himno). The original law was passed in 1984 and it contains 7 chapters, a preamble and a section that contains the lyrics of the national anthem. The law itself was changed several times, most recently in 2005.
Same-sex marriage is legally recognized and performed throughout Mexico since 31 December 2022. On 10 August 2010 the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation ruled that same-sex marriages performed anywhere within Mexico must be recognized by the 31 states without exception, and fundamental spousal rights except for adoption have also applied to same-sex couples across the country. Mexico was the fifth country in North America and the 33rd worldwide to allow same-sex couples to marry nationwide.
Organización Editorial Mexicana, also known as OEM, is the largest Mexican print media company and the largest newspaper company in Latin America. The company owns a large newswire service, it includes 70 Mexican daily newspapers, 24 radio stations and 44 websites.
The national flag of Mexico is a vertical tricolor of green, white, and red with the national coat of arms charged in the center of the white stripe. While the meaning of the colors has changed over time, these three colors were adopted by Mexico following independence from Spain during the country's War of Independence, and subsequent First Mexican Empire.
The flag of Jalisco was adopted in 2011. It is colored blue and gold and bears the State Emblem in the center. The emblem has a diameter of three-quarters the width of the stripes. The ratio of the flag is 4:7. Ribbons of the same colors may be placed at the foot of the finial. The flag is one of only three Mexican states that is not simply a coat of arms set against a white background, and it is the only one without any white at all.
The flag of Tlaxcala was adopted in 2016. It is colored red and white and bears the State Emblem in the center. The emblem consists of a rectangle ratio of width-length 3:2, divided by a diagonal line from the bottom right (hoist-side) to the downer left. Ribbons of the same colors may be placed at the foot of the finial. This flag was designed by Desiderio Hernández Xochitiotzin in 1996.
The flag of Aragua, one of the 23 states of Venezuela is a bicolor red and yellow banner, divided into four triangles. The upper and lower triangles are red, the left and right triangles are yellow. The red represents strength, valor, fidelity, joy and the honour to heroes of the independence struggle. The yellow colour represents the tropical climate of the state and its noble and charitable spirit. In the centre of the flag there is there is the Aragua state coat of arms. The coat of arms includes the image of a woman carrying a laurel wreath and a palm leaf, a saman tree and a burning house. At the bottom of the coat of arms there are inscriptions stating "Febrero de 1814" and 'Marzo de 1814'.
The flag of Yucatán is the flag used by the former Republic of Yucatán, when in the middle of 19th century it was proclaimed in the territory of the Yucatán Peninsula. The republic comprised the present Mexican states of Yucatán, Campeche and Quintana Roo.
The Flag of Baja California Sur is the flag used by the Mexican state of Baja California Sur. The flag was adopted December 31, 2017. The State Flag consists of a white rectangle with a ratio of four to seven between the width and length; in the center it bears the State Coat of arms, placed in such a way that it occupies three-quarters of the width.
Totalplay is a Mexican telecommunication company owned by Grupo Salinas and operated by Grupo Totalplay, offers cable television, fiber optic internet and fixed telephony services in the Triple and Quadruple play market.
The Flag of Guanajuato is the flag used by the Mexican state of Guanajuato. The flag was adopted on December 20, 2023. The State Flag consists of a white rectangle with a ratio of four to seven between the width and length; in the center it bears the State Coat of arms with a golden mark, placed in such a way that it occupies three-quarters of the width.
The symbols of city of Zapopan, Mexico, are the coat of arms or seal and the municipal flag. Other cultural symbols include the Our Lady of Zapopan and the torta ahogada sandwich.
The symbols of city of Tlaquepaque, Mexico, are the coat of arms or seal and the municipal flag. Other cultural symbols include the Saint Peter church and the handcraft jarritos.
The coat of arms of Jalisco is a symbol of the Free and Sovereign State of Jalisco.
The coat of arms of Yucatán is a symbol of the Free and Sovereign State of Yucatán.