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The symbols of city of Irapuato, Mexico, are the coat of arms or seal and the municipal flag.
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The symbols of city of Irapuato, Mexico, are the coat of arms or seal and the municipal flag.
The municipality's coat of arms is divided into four fields, in the first there are four Spanish helmets and the episcopal shield of Don Vasco de Quiroga. In the second quadrant is a winged lion representing Saint Mark the Evangelist with a K and a V representing Charles V, the emperor, the third lower quadrant is a hill that presents the toponym of Irapuato and the fourth lower quadrant is two hands with a sickle and the other with a caduceus, At the top is a sun. At the bottom it has a motto Ad Augusta per Augusta. [1]
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| Use | Civil and state flag  |
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| Proportion | 4:7 |
| Adopted | 2010 [2] |
The flag of Irapuato was adopted in 2010. It is colored green and gold and bears the city 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.
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Irapuato is a Mexican city and municipality located at the foot of the Arandas Hill, in the central region of the state of Guanajuato. It lies between the Silao River and the Guanajuato River, a tributary of the Lerma River, at 1,724 m (5,656 ft) above sea level. It is located at 20°40′N101°21′W. The city is the second-largest in the state, with a population of 342,561 according to the 2005 census, while its municipality has a population of 529,440. The municipality has an area of 851 km2 (329 sq mi) and includes numerous smaller outlying communities. Although it is now an important center for regional trade and transportation center as well the site of several automotive and chemical manufacturing plants, the city's main industry has historically been agriculture and it has long been known for its strawberries and industry of refried beans, also the raising of pigs and cattle. The fruits and flowers of Irapuato's luxurious gardens are well known throughout Mexico.
The coat of arms of Mexico is a national symbol of Mexico and depicts a Mexican (golden) vulture perched on a prickly pear cactus devouring a rattlesnake. The design is rooted in the legend that the Aztec people would know where to build their city once they saw a vulture eating a snake on top of a lake. The image has been an important symbol of Mexican politics and culture for centuries. To the people of Tenochtitlan, this symbol had strong religious connotations, and to the Europeans, it came to symbolize the triumph of good over evil.
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 and emblem of Selangor are state symbols of Selangor, Malaysia. These two symbols are distinct from each other in style. Similar to other states of Malaysia with Malay royalties, both the flag and arms of Selangor are influenced by royalties, Islam, and political symbols of the state.
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.
The present coat of arms of Sarawak is largely based on the second state coat of arms, which was granted on 31 August 1973.
The symbols of León, Guanajuato, Mexico, were officially adopted as symbols of the municipality in 2003.
The Coat of Arms of the Free and Sovereign State Chiapas was granted to the city of San Cristóbal de las Casas. The Coat of Arms of Chiapas is the heraldic emblem representative of the state of Chiapas, which was originally given in 1535 by Charles I of Spain to the "Very Royal and Very Insignia City of San Cristóbal de los Llanos de Chiapa", which was later made official as a coat of arms at the state level. According to the decree for its preservation and dissemination, it represents this entity and is part of the history, customs and values of the Chiapas people.1 Chiapas, along with Campeche, Guanajuato, Veracruz, Durango, Tabasco and Zacatecas, are the only states in Mexico that still retain the design of a Spanish crown in their state symbols.
