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. 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 fourteen states have official flags: Baja California Sur, Coahuila, Colima, Durango, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Jalisco, Oaxaca, Querétaro, Quintana Roo, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Tlaxcala, and Yucatán. Except for those of Guanajuato, Jalisco, Tlaxcala and Yucatán, each official flag is simply a white background charged with the state's coat of arms.

Two states have provisions in their constitutions explicitly declaring that there shall be no official state flag, Baja California[2] and Campeche.[3]

## De jure flags

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* Guanajuato
(adopted December 20, 2023)[4]

* Jalisco
(adopted February 22, 2007)[5]

* Tlaxcala
(adopted October 30, 2011)[6]

* Yucatán
(adopted August 13, 2024)[7]

## De jure coat of arms in a flag

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* Baja California Sur
(adopted December 31, 2017)[8]

* Coahuila
(adopted December 27, 2013)[9][10]

* Colima
(adopted February 24, 2018)[11]

* Durango
(adopted March 9, 2014)[12]

* Guerrero
(adopted October 25, 2019)[13]

* Oaxaca
(adopted March 12, 2020)[14]

* Querétaro
(adopted September 22, 2015)[15]

* Quintana Roo
(adopted January 1, 2016)[16]

* Tabasco
(adopted February 19, 2020)[17]

* Tamaulipas
(adopted December 15, 2011)[18]

## De facto flags

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* Aguascalientes[19]

* Baja California[20]

* Campeche[21]

* Chiapas[22]

* Hidalgo[23]

* Mexico[24]

* Mexico City

* Michoacán de Ocampo[25]

* Morelos[26]

* Nayarit

* Nuevo León[27]

* San Luis Potosi

* Puebla

* Sinaloa

* Sonora

* Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave[28]

* Zacatecas

## De facto flags with special designs

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* Unofficial flag of Chihuahua, a civil flag used by students and people in Chihuahua City. It was created by Daniel Martínez Miranda in 2009.[29]

* A black and white variant of the Mexico City flag, with other variants existing. It is used more often than the standard color Mexico City coat of arms on a white field.

* Flag of Coahuila y Tejas since 1836, proposed by governor of Coahuila, Manolo Jiménez, as the state flag of Coahuila.[30][31]

* Unofficial flag of Nuevo León, a civil flag used by students in Monterrey. It's a variant from the Republic of the Rio Grande.[32][33]

* Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave, it is just like the standard coat of arms in a white field flag, but with green and red corners. This is the official flag of the state's government, but an unofficial flag of the state itself.[34]

## Historical

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* Nueva Galicia (1531)

* Coahuila y Tejas (1836)[35]

* Soconusco (1843)

* Republic of the Rio Grande (1840)

* Republic of Yucatán (1841–1848)[36]

* Republic of Baja California (1853)

* Republic of Sonora (1853–1854)

* Republic of Sonora (1852/1854)

* Yucatán (unofficially until 1989),[37] used today as the unofficial flag of Mérida

* Jalisco (1972, unofficially from 1973–1998)

* Jalisco (unofficially from 1998–2008)[38]

* Tlaxcala (unofficially from 1998–2016)[39]

* Jalisco (unofficially from 2008–2011)[40]

* Jalisco (2011–2013)[41]

* Quintana Roo (2013–2016)[42]

* Yucatán (unofficially from 1998–2023)

* Guanajuato (unofficially until 2023)

## Gallery

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### De jure

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* Flag of Jalisco

* Flag of Oaxaca

* Flag of Quintana Roo

* Flag of Tlaxcala

* Flag of Yucatán.

### De facto

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* Proposed flag for Nuevo León
(limited in use)

* Government flag of Veracruz

## See also

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* List of Mexican flags
* Flag of Guanajuato
* Flag of Jalisco
* Flag of Tlaxcala
* Flag of Yucatán

## References

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1. ^ Gabino Villascán, Juan Manuel (2022-09-23). "The states and Mexico City (Mexico)". www.crwflags.com. Retrieved 2024-10-23.
2. ^ "Constitución Política del Estado Libre y Soberano de Baja California" (PDF). Poder Legislativo del Estado de Baja California (in Spanish). 2021-02-12. Page 8, Chapter 3, Article 6. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2023-01-23. Retrieved 2024-10-23.
3. ^ "Constitución Política del Estado Libre y Soberano de Campeche". Portal de Legislación del Congreso del Estado de Campeche (in Spanish). 2024-09-24. Chapter 2, Article 5. Archived from the original on 2024-05-21. Retrieved 2024-10-23.
4. ^ "Ley de Escudo, la Bandera y el Himno del Estado de Guanajuato" (PDF). guanajuy.gob.mx (in Spanish). LVIII Legislatura del Estado de Guanajuato. Retrieved December 20, 2023.
5. ^ "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.
6. ^ "Reseña histórica de la bandera de Tlaxcala". e-consulta.com Tlaxcala. 2017-04-21.
7. ^ "Yucatán fortalece su identidad con la Ley del Escudo, la Bandera y el Himno". Gobierno del Estado de Yucatán (in Spanish). 2024-06-20. Archived from the original on 2024-07-06. Retrieved 2024-10-23.
8. ^ "Ley sobre el Escudo, la Bandera y el Himno del Estado de Baja California Sur". www.cbcs.gob.mx (in Spanish). Gobierno del Estado. Archived from the original on April 11, 2020. Retrieved December 31, 2017. The state flag is described in Chapter 2, Articles 3.
9. ^ "LEY SOBRE EL ESCUDO DEL ESTADO DE COAHUILA Y EL HIMNO COAHUILENSE" (PDF). www.coahuilatransparente.gob.mx (in Spanish). Gobierno de Coahuila de Zaragoza. Retrieved December 27, 2013. The article specifies that the flag shall consist of the coat of arms on a white background, and gives further physical specifications. Chapter 1 (Article 7) gives rules regarding the use of the coat of arms when it is in the form of a flag (en su modalidad de Bandera).
10. ^ "Coahuila de Zaragoza (Mexico)". www.crwflags.com. Retrieved 2022-07-29.
11. ^ "Colima (Mexico)". www.crwflags.com. Retrieved 2022-07-29.
12. ^ "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.
13. ^ "Ley sobre el Escudo, la Bandera y el Himno del Estado de Guerrero". guerrero.gob.mx (in Spanish). Gobierno del Estado. Archived from the original on April 11, 2020. Retrieved October 15, 2019. The state flag is described in Chapter 3, Articles 10 through 761.
14. ^ "Ley sobre el Escudo del Estado de Oaxaca" (PDF). docs64.congresooaxaca.gob.mx (in Spanish). Gobierno de Oaxaca. Retrieved March 12, 2020. The article specifies that the flag shall consist of the coat of arms on a white background, and gives further physical specifications. Chapter 3 (Article 21) gives rules regarding the use of the coat of arms when it is in the form of a flag (en su modalidad de Bandera).
15. ^ "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.
16. ^ "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.
17. ^ "Ley sobre el Escudo y el Himno de Tabasco". tabasco.gob.mx (in Spanish). Gobierno de Tabasco. Retrieved February 19, 2020. The article specifies that the flag shall consist of the coat of arms on a white background, and gives further physical specifications. Chapter 3 (Article 11) gives rules regarding the use of the coat of arms when it is in the form of a flag (en su modalidad de Bandera).
18. ^ "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).
19. ^ "Aguascalientes (Mexico)". www.crwflags.com. Retrieved 2022-07-29.
20. ^ "Baja California (Mexico)". www.crwflags.com. Retrieved 2022-07-29.
21. ^ "Campeche (Mexico)". www.crwflags.com. Retrieved 2022-07-29.
22. ^ "Chiapas (Mexico)". www.crwflags.com. Retrieved 2022-07-29.
23. ^ "Hidalgo (Mexico)". www.crwflags.com. Retrieved 2022-07-29.
24. ^ "State of Mexico (Mexico)". www.crwflags.com. Retrieved 2022-07-29.
25. ^ "Michoacan (Mexico)". www.crwflags.com. Retrieved 2022-07-29.
26. ^ "Morelos (Mexico)". www.crwflags.com. Retrieved 2022-07-29.
27. ^ "Nuevo Leon (Mexico)". www.crwflags.com. Retrieved 2022-07-29.
28. ^ "Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave (Mexico)". www.crwflags.com. Retrieved 2022-07-29.
29. ^ "Chihuahua". www.elindicadornoticias.com. 28 June 2023. Retrieved 2023-11-30.
30. ^ "Coahuila". www.localeando.com. 26 July 2023. Retrieved 2024-05-01.
31. ^ "Coahuila". www.bloquecoahuilense.com. Retrieved 2024-05-01.
32. ^ "Nuevo León". www.milenio.com. Retrieved 2023-02-25.
33. ^ "Nuevo León". www.publimetro.com. 20 February 2023. Retrieved 2023-02-25.
34. ^ "Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave (Mexico)". www.crwflags.com. Retrieved 2022-09-19.
35. ^ "Coahuila de Zaragoza (Mexico)". www.crwflags.com. Retrieved 2022-07-30.
36. ^ "Yucatan (Mexico)". www.crwflags.com. Retrieved 2022-07-30.
37. ^ "Yucatan (Mexico)". www.crwflags.com. Retrieved 2022-07-30.
38. ^ "Jalisco (Mexico)". www.crwflags.com. Retrieved 2022-08-10.
39. ^ "Tlaxcala (Mexico)". www.crwflags.com. Retrieved 2022-08-10.
40. ^ "Jalisco (Mexico)". www.crwflags.com. Retrieved 2022-07-30.
41. ^ "Jalisco (Mexico)". www.crwflags.com. Retrieved 2022-07-30.
42. ^ "Quintana Roo (Mexico)". www.crwflags.com. Retrieved 2022-07-30.