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Mexico - Constituent states and the Distrito Federal

Last modified: 2005-12-17 by juan manuel gabino villascán
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Mexican states’ flags?

The states of Mexico don't have their own flags, although they do have coats of arms.
Pascal Vagnat, 3 Jul 1996


We all know that mexican states do not have official flags, some even have constitutional dispositions stating that it is so and so should be (as in Baja California). However, we all know reports about unofficial flags for mexican states in several degrees of “unofficialness”.
António Martins, 22 Jun 1999


Remember Mexican states do not have flags; they always use the coat of arms of the state on a white background.
Marc Junele, 11 May 1998


There's a significant Mexican population in this part of the U.S., and I occasionally see automobiles with bumper stickers consisting of the Mexican (national) flag and the name of a state ("Coahuila", "Chihuahua", etc.), presumably indicating the driver's loyalty or nostalgia for his home state. None of these stickers ever displays a flag other than the national flag.
Bruce Tindall, 22 Jan 1997


Coat of arms on white background: unofficial flags

State unofficial white flag 4:7[Non-official proportions]
by Juan Manuel Gabino Villascán, May 06, 2001.

Remember Mexican states do not have flags; they always use the coat of arms of the state on a white background.
Marc Junele, 11 May 1998


Coat of arms of Mexico's constituent states and the Distrito Federal are place on a white background proportioned 4:7 according to those hoisted in the President's house called "Los Pinos" in Mexico City. These flags are also flown in national sports events such as the "Olimpiada Juvenil" (Youth Olympics), "Olimpiada Infantil" (Childhood Olympics), National Olympics, Benito Juárez football tournament, among others. They are also used during inter-states meetings or reunions, e. g.: religious, tourist, economic, and so on.
Juan Manuel Gabino Villascán, May 06, 2001


By some reason, the white clothes of Jalisco, Puebla, and Yucatán, hoisted at "Los Pinos", are charged with their respective capitals coat of arms. In addition to that, most of the shields are odd depictions of the original ones.
Juan Manuel Gabino Villascán, May 06, 2001


Coat of arms on tricolor background: souvenir and unoffcial flags

State unofficial tricolor flag 4:7[Non-official proportions]
[One or more variants under the same basic design]
by Juan Manuel Gabino Villascán, May 06, 2001.

Remember Mexican states do not have flags; they always use the coat of arms of the state on a white background.
Marc Junele, 11 May 1998

Another report refers that these very same state coats of arms are used in the central panel of a Mexican Tricolor, mainly for tourist purposes (some reports refer it’s exogenous usage, especially in border line US locations).
António Martins, 22 Jun 1999



Note:

  • Images by Juan Manuel Gabino Villascán, excepting the flag of Aguascalientes.
  • Click on the flag to go to the FOTW State site. State's name Capital Tricolor unofficial flag ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Distrito Federal Ciudad de México Distrito Federal unofficial tricolor flag Aguascalientes Aguascalientes Distrito Federal unofficial tricolor flag Baja California Mexicali Distrito Federal unofficial tricolor flag Baja California Sur La Paz Distrito Federal unofficial tricolor flag Campeche Campeche Distrito Federal unofficial tricolor flag Chiapas Tuxtla Gutiérrez Distrito Federal unofficial tricolor flag Chihuahua Chihuahua Distrito Federal unofficial tricolor flag Coahuila de Zaragoza Saltillo Distrito Federal unofficial tricolor flag Colima Colima Distrito Federal unofficial tricolor flag Durango Victoria de Durango Distrito Federal unofficial tricolor flag Guanajuato Santa Fe de Guanajuato Distrito Federal unofficial tricolor flag Guerrero Chilpancingo de los Bravo Distrito Federal unofficial tricolor flag Hidalgo Pachuca Distrito Federal unofficial tricolor flag Jalisco Guadalajara Distrito Federal unofficial tricolor flag México (Estado de,) Toluca Distrito Federal unofficial tricolor flag Michoacán de Ocampo Morelia Distrito Federal unofficial tricolor flag Morelos Cuernavaca Distrito Federal unofficial tricolor flag Nayarit Tepic Distrito Federal unofficial tricolor flag Nuevo León Monterrey Distrito Federal unofficial tricolor flag Oaxaca Oaxca de Juárez Distrito Federal unofficial tricolor flag Puebla Heroica Puebla de Zaragoza Distrito Federal unofficial tricolor flag Querétaro de Arteaga Santiago de Querétaro Distrito Federal unofficial tricolor flag Quintana Roo Chetumal Distrito Federal unofficial tricolor flag San Luis Potosí San Luis Potosí Distrito Federal unofficial tricolor flag Sinaloa Culiacán Distrito Federal unofficial tricolor flag Sonora Hermosillo Distrito Federal unofficial tricolor flag Tabasco Villahermosa Distrito Federal unofficial tricolor flag Tamaulipas Ciudad Victoria Distrito Federal unofficial tricolor flag Tlaxcala Tlaxcala (de Xicotencatl) Distrito Federal unofficial tricolor flag Veracruz-Llave Xalapa de Enríquez Distrito Federal unofficial tricolor flag Yucatán Mérida Yucatán unofficial tricolor flag Zacatecas Zacatecas Zacatecas unofficial tricolor flag